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Alan Cox posted an errata patch set for 2.2.16 on
Linux Today:
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-06-11-017-04-NW-KN
Interesting timing. :-)
--- Bill Jonas <bj@netaxs.com> wrote:
> For those of you who don't know, 2.2.16 was released
> at the end of last
> week, fixing a local vulnerability regarding SUID
> executables and a
> remote vulnerability regarding the sunrpc port (used
> for the r-commands,
> NFS, and others). I've heard reports, though, that
> have shed some doubt
> on its stability. Has anyone tried this?
>
> BTW, I don't know about the SUID vulnerability, but
> the rpc port
> vulnerability is a 2.2-specific issue. If you're
> running 2.0, I don't
> believe it affects you (although you've got other
> issues like a DoS
> vulnerability).
>
> Bill
> --
> >Ever heard of .cshrc? | "Linux means
> never having to delete
> That's a city in Bosnia. Right? | your love
> mail." -- Don Marti
> (Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc |
> http://www.netaxs.com/~bj/
> on the intuitiveness of commands.) |
> http://www.harrybrowne.org/
>
>
>
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