Re: [PATCH] [SECURITY] suid procs exec'd with bad 0,1,2 fds

Manuel J. Galan (manolow@step.es)
Tue, 04 Aug 1998 19:56:36 +0100 (WEST)


On 04-Aug-98 Martin Mares wrote:
[...]
> exec patch just makes the stack smashing attacks harder (you need to make use
> of code present somewhere else, but it's still doable), not impossible.

Well, Martin, I do not like either the 'stack exec patch' myself, but I am
pretty sure that _nothing_ under the sun can make _impossible_ any attack...

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E-Mail: Manuel J. Galan <manolow@step.es>
Date: 04-Aug-98
Time: 19:53:57

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