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Re: vixie cron... (fwd)



On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 07:54:26AM -0600, An Thi-Nguyen Le wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 03:46:19AM -0900, Ethan Benson typed:
> } On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 12:36:54PM +0000, thomas lakofski wrote:
> } > fyi -- i've not tried it.
> } 
> } i have, it does not work, i tried several different variations and
> } failed to create any files in /var/spool/cron.
> } 
> } i do not believe debian is vulnerable.
> 
> Wrong, we *are* vulnerable.  Take a look /var/spool/cron/crontabs 
> instead.

ah, your right, however this is not exploitable since
/var/spool/cron/crontabs is mode 700.  

still should be fixed though.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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