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Date:      Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:41:31 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>
Cc:        Chris England <cengland@obscurity.org>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: From BugTraq - FreeBSD 3.3 xsoldier root exploit (fwd) 
Message-ID:  <199912312341.QAA18868@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:18:00 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.991216091552.26813A-100000@fledge.watson.org> 
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.991216091552.26813A-100000@fledge.watson.org>  

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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.991216091552.26813A-100000@fledge.watson.org> Robert Watson writes:
: So, I'm sorry, could you be specific here: was this problem reported to
: security-officer@freebsd.org, or reported via a send-pr, or not reported
: to us?

Reported to a swamped security officer.

: Would it be feasible for someone to go disable setuid bits in all the
: games/ tree? :-)  Why was xsoldier setuid?

High scores.

We'll be bringing on someone to the security officer team after the
first of the year to help us keep up with ports.

Warner


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