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Re: [suse-security] glibc security vulnerabilities: quick help
- From: Frank Steiner <fst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 10:38:48 +0200
- Message-id: <39B4B118.33CD23FF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Roman Drahtmueller wrote:
> A set of security vulnerabilities have been found in the current (as well
> as older) versions of the glibc that most modern Linux distributions are
> based on.
As disabling all suid programs heavily effects our systems, it would be
good to know if the vulnerabilities are only with local attackers or
apply also to attacks from outside. Is that known?
Best,
Frank
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Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner mailto:fst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Lehrstuhl f. Programmiersprachen mailto:fsteiner@xxxxxx
CAU Kiel, Olshausenstraße 40 Phone: +49 431 880-7265, Fax: -7613
D-24098 Kiel, Germany http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~fst/
> A set of security vulnerabilities have been found in the current (as well
> as older) versions of the glibc that most modern Linux distributions are
> based on.
As disabling all suid programs heavily effects our systems, it would be
good to know if the vulnerabilities are only with local attackers or
apply also to attacks from outside. Is that known?
Best,
Frank
--
Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner mailto:fst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Lehrstuhl f. Programmiersprachen mailto:fsteiner@xxxxxx
CAU Kiel, Olshausenstraße 40 Phone: +49 431 880-7265, Fax: -7613
D-24098 Kiel, Germany http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~fst/
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