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Re: XDM bug

From: scoile () patriot net (Steve \)
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:32:02 -0500


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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Current thread:

XDM bug Angel Ortiz (Jan 02)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: XDM bug Steve \ (Jan 03)
  - Re: XDM bug jamie (Jan 03)
    - Re: XDM bug Alex Belits (Jan 03)
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    - Re: serious security bug in wu-ftpd v2.4 Wietse Venema (Jan 04)
    - Buffer overflow in the query cgi. Apropos of Nothing (Jan 04)
    - Re: Buffer overflow in the query cgi. Thomas H. Ptacek (Jan 04)
  - Re: XDM bug Mr. ManX (Jan 03)