Re: Possible root exploit in Linux povray

From: Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav (dag-erliat_private)
Date: Wed Jul 29 1998 - 10:40:46 PDT

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Luke <lukeat_private> writes:
> In the official (3.02) release of povray for linux, the s-povray binary
> must be installed suid root to function (complains about not being able to
> open /dev/console without it).

Can somebody please explain to me why a raytracing package needs root
privs? Why does it even need access to the console at all? What's
wrong with std{in,out,err}?

DES
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