Bugtraq: Re: Sending escape sequences to xterms via wall/talk

[shipley () merde dis org (Evil Pete)]

> This makes sense if you think about it.  Suppose I was running /bin/passwd,
> I had just entered in my password, and then passwd core dumped for some
> reason.  The core image would have my clear text password stored in it.
Worse yet, a entire buffer or more from the shadow password file 
may be extracted from the core, thus allowing you to circumvent
the "security" of the shadow passwd system


                -Pete