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removal of /tmp/appXXXXXX
From: Matthew Hannigan <mlh () zip com au>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:35:07 +1000
I found a program which removes a file named like /tmp/appXXXXXX. Seems to be a tmpnam attempt gone wrong. Does this make the system vulnerable? The program is run by root as often as not. Matt
Current thread:
- removal of /tmp/appXXXXXX Matthew Hannigan (Jul 29)
- Re: removal of /tmp/appXXXXXX Brandon Erhart (Jul 29)
- Re: removal of /tmp/appXXXXXX Matthew Hannigan (Jul 29)
- Re: removal of /tmp/appXXXXXX Brandon Erhart (Jul 29)
- Re: removal of /tmp/appXXXXXX Matthew Hannigan (Jul 29)
- Re: removal of /tmp/appXXXXXX Brandon Erhart (Jul 29)