Re: Local user to root escalation in apache 1.3.34 (Debian only)

["James Matthews" <nytrokiss () gmail com>]

Yes every bug is scary! Every program has it's bug that will kill it!

On 3/25/07, Nikolay Kichukov <hijacker () oldum net> wrote:
> Hello Richard,
> Seems to me I have also been so unprotected for this long ...
>
> I love the debian project and hope it is not going to an end...
>
> However I already use apache2 for all my machines.
>
> Regards,
> -Nikolay Kichukov
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Thrippleton" <ret28 () cam ac uk>
> To: "Nikolay Kichukov" <hijacker () oldum net>
> Cc: <full-disclosure () lists grok org uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Local user to root escalation in apache
> 1.3.34 (Debian only)
>
>
> > On Mon Feb 26 21:15, Nikolay Kichukov wrote:
> > > Lool,
> > > how long has this bug been around?
> > Almost a year, looking at that original patch that caused the problem.
> To
> be
> > fair, nobody had commented on the security issues until I stumbled
> across
> them
> > a month ago though.
> >
> > > Sounds scary.
> > Yeah, scared me when I first saw it and realised how vulnerable I'd been
> for so
> > long. What's also scary is the complete lack of action on what is a
> fairly
> > serious problem. I used to think that the Debian project had a sane
> attitude to
> > security. Maybe all the good developers have gone to Ubuntu.
> >
> > Richard
> >
>
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