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Re: Bug#27050 (fdutils): A cause for security concern?



Previously Anthony Fok wrote:
> As the Slink deep freeze and release are impending, I would like to ask your
> advice: Should I follow the suggestion given by the bug reporter Thomas
> Roessler?

I think so. For people who want to mount floppies without being root
you can also use a line in /etc/fstab like this:

/dev/fd0     /floppy    auto      noauto,noexec,nodev,user       0  0

fdmount should probably be audited so we really know if it's secure. You
could submit it to the security-auditing list
(security-audit@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk).

> If so, should I fix this bug before Slink is out?

Yes. I would hate to discover a vulnerability and release an advisory
days after we release slink..

Wichert.

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