Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:45:37 -0400 From: Stephan Uphoff <ups@tree.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Stephan Uphoff <ups@tree.com> Subject: Re: Re99: how to flush out cache.? Message-ID: <200404232345.TAA10405@stups.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0404231521090.6894-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > with this bug could a user zero out /etc/group or similar? > I am not sure what the ramification of the bug is.. The bug affects only in memory modified file data. In memory modifications to the file can be deleted and the file data reverts to a state before the file modification. (Not unlike a crash/power failure ) The worst security scenario I can think of is the possibility to revert a file to uninitialized disk data blocks or to prevent the update of a file. Stephan
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