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Re: 'export RESOLV_HOST_CONF= any file you want' local vulnerability



try it w/ traceroute.  lotsa fun, and it works
on mandrake, too.  

things like this make me glad i don't have to deal w/ untrusted
customers that have shell access...

ii  traceroute     1.4a8-1        Traces the route taken by packets over a TCP

On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:13:49AM -0700, Kevin wrote:
> 
> When I tried it, I did not get the same results.
> 
> -rwsr-xr-x    1 root     root        19728 Oct 30  1999 /usr/bin/fping*
> 
> ldd `which fping`
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00127000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00110000)
> 
> ping localhost
> PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
> 
> --- localhost ping statistics ---
> 6 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
> 
> fping localhost
> localhost is unreachable
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kevin - cog@iwz.com
> 
> 
> 

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