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Date:      Thu, 16 Sep 1999 03:22:20 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Gregory Carvalho <GregoryC@stcinc.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD-SA-99:01 File Flags and Man-In-The-Middle Attack
Message-ID:  <19990916032220.K5255@bitbox.follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <37DFBE91.A07AAF8B@stcinc.com>; from Gregory Carvalho on Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 08:43:13AM -0700
References:  <37DFBE91.A07AAF8B@stcinc.com>

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On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 08:43:13AM -0700, Gregory Carvalho wrote:
> It appears to me that this exploit can be avoided by logging in as root
> on all virtual terminals and immediately logging back out. Does my
> theory sound correct?

No.  It sounds totally and utterly wrong.  Apply the patches
(the rc scripts and the kernel) and you should be fine.

Eivind.


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