Re: Xserver stack smashed -- wrapper

From: John Goerzen (jgoerzenat_private)
Date: Wed Jan 14 1998 - 10:18:59 PST

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Cotfas Vladimir-Marian <ulianovat_private> writes:

[chop]

>
> Here's a wrapper for this bug and for the older XF86 security vulnerability
> (i.e. XF86_XX -config /etc/shadow)

FYI, Debian GNU/Linux has included such a wrapper for some time now.
However, Debian's wrapper is dynamically customizable (ie, your X
server is specified in a config file, etc).  It will check for these
sorts of problems and prevent them from reaching the X server, similar
to your implementation.

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