Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 17:02:24 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: "T. William Wells" <bill@twwells.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.7 binaries and 2.1.5 system Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970208170122.7209A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <m0vtNXP-0000sRC@twwells.com>
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On Sat, 8 Feb 1997, T. William Wells wrote: > I want to do a quick substitution of the 2.1.7 setuid programs > (when 2.1.7 comes out) into my 2.1.5 system, as I don't have the > time to do a full upgrade. Any caveats? Yes: a privileged program can run an unprivileged program that still has the problems. So to be secure, you'll want to replace all statically-linked binaries. Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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