Re: Possible bufferoverflow condition in lpr, xterm and xload

[zblaxell () myrus com (Zygo Blaxell)]

In article <199608131325.JAA21033 () denali contract kent edu>,
Mike Acar  <BUGTRAQ () netspace org> wrote:
> perhaps this is no surprise to anybody. To Red Hat's credit, none of the
> s[ug]id binaries they provide is writable by anybody but the owner.

Not that this is a significant benefit...if you're not root, writing to
a file automatically turns off the set[ug]id bit.
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