Bugtraq: Re: mtr-0.41 root exploit

[kris () FREEBSD ORG (Kris Kennaway)]

On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Przemyslaw Frasunek wrote:

> /* (c) 2000 babcia padlina / buffer0verfl0w security (www.b0f.com) */
> /* freebsd mtr-0.41 local root exploit */
Oh, please. This was fixed on

revision 1.21
date: 2000/03/07 23:49:01;  author: billf;  state: Exp;  lines: +10 -10
SECURITY UPGRADE: 0.42 addresses the setuid dropping issues addressed on
BugTraq by Viktor Fougstedt.
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after being reported here shortly beforehand. I even released a security
advisory for it.

Kris

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