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Re: XDM bug


From: mrman () phoenix net (Mr. ManX)
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 19:24:35 -0600


/usr/X11/bin/xdm on my Slackware 96 system, /usr/bin/X11/xdm on my
Digital Unix system, and /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm on FreeBSD 2.1.5 are all not
subject to this problem.  All systems have the program not set-UID.

Mr. Man X
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On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Steve "Stevers!" Coile wrote:

On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Angel Ortiz wrote:
[...]
System: UNIX Ware systems with X

Symptom:
/usr/X/bin/xdm is setuid
[...]
Any way, please verify xdm setuid on your systems and please let the
bugtraq news group know if it exists on other systems.

Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 (w/unofficial shadow password support) is not subject
to this problem (/usr/X11/bin/xdm is not set-UID).

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