Re: AfterStep asfsm tmp hole

From: Kristofer Coward (krisat_private)
Date: Tue Aug 25 1998 - 09:40:28 PDT

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    > > The disk usage monitor that comes with AfterStep (asfsm) overwrites
    > > /usr/tmp/statfs regularly as whoever launched it, allowing the typical
    > > symlink crap we've come to expect, including a possible DoS if run as
    > > root.
    >
    > Which version?  Have you contacted the developers first?!
    
    1.4.x (haven't checked 1.0, or 1.5pre). I posted to the as list before
    writing here, that post also told them that it would be posted here. It's
    a small enough bell/whistle that most of the world should be able to live
    without it until it's patched (not that that should take long).
    
    Kris Coward
    



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