Re: Mac OS X setuid root security hole

From: Chris Adams (chrisat_private)
Date: Sat Oct 20 2001 - 00:23:07 PDT

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On Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at 09:53 , rotaiv wrote:
> Try these steps on an OS X machine (not logged in as root)
>
>  - Open up the terminal application
>  - Quit the terminal application
>  - Open up NetInfo Manager (leave it in the foreground)
>  - Open up the Terminal application form the "Recent Items" list in the 
> Apple Menu.

Apple's Software Update app has a vaguely-described "Security Update 
10-19-01" which fixes this problem.

Chris

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