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Date:      Thu, 13 Dec 2001 19:07:13 +0300
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        "Tim J. Robbins" <tim@robbins.dropbear.id.au>, security@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin/32791: FreeBSD's man(1) utility vulnerable to old catman attacks
Message-ID:  <20011213160713.GA45527@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20011213153804.A19995@sunbay.com>
References:  <200112130713.fBD7DiH01449@raven.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20011213153804.A19995@sunbay.com>

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 15:38:04 +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> The below patch doesn't allow man(1) to use its SUID powers
> when the catpage's directory is accessed via symlink.

It breaks private cat pages (symlink check must not present for them)

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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