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symlink bug in tin/rtin


From: nr () C64 ORG (NetRunner)
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 17:45:24 +0100


Small bug I discovered in the unix NEWS reader tin/rin.

Then a user run rtin/tin a user-list will be created in /tmp/.tin_log
with mode 0666. and if a user makes a symlink from /etc/passwd (or any
file) to /tmp/.tin_log and root or another user with uid 0 runs rtin/tin,
tin will follow the symlink to /etc/passwd and change the mode to 0666.

I hope no admin's are stupid enough to run rtin/tin as uid 0. :-)

/NetRunner
nr () c64 org



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