Re: Announcement: Phrack 52

From: Olaf Kirch (okirat_private)
Date: Wed Jan 28 1998 - 02:00:22 PST

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    Hi,
    
    There's a Linux kernel patch floating on the net, and now has been
    published in Phrack, that is supposed to make /tmp directories more
    secure. In particular, it claims to keep users from creating hard
    links in +t directories.
    
    However the patch does not protect the rename call, so the following
    should give you a hardlink to passwd in /tmp:
    
            mkdir /tmp/foo          (no sticky bit on foo)
            ln /etc/passwd /tmp/foo
            mv /tmp/{foo/,}passwd
    
    Cheers
    Olaf
    



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