Re: local root exploit

To: debian-security@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: local root exploit
From: Vladislav Kurz <vladislav.kurz@webstep.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:37:52 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 200501101537.52174.vladislav.kurz@webstep.net>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20050110152900.105c6a49.jacques@pollux.frmug.org>
References: <[🔎] 200501101519.33354.vladislav.kurz@webstep.net> <[🔎] 20050110152900.105c6a49.jacques@pollux.frmug.org>

On Monday 10 of January 2005 15:29, Jacques Lav!gnotte wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:19:33 +0100
>
> Vladislav Kurz <vladislav.kurz@webstep.net> wrote:
> > mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /dev/shm
>
> Only root can do that.

But it can be already mounted, and the exploit can be modified to use any 
writeable directory instead.

>
>                  Jacques

-- 
Regards
        Vladislav Kurz

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