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Re: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable
From: Lee Ball <lee () effective-it co uk>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:44:02 +0100
Hadmut Danisch wrote:
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 12:52:22AM +0530, Raj Mathur wrote:I wouldn't know if something has changed drastically between 2.6.16 and 2.6.17.11, but: raju@mail:~$ find /usr/src/linux-2.6.16/ -perm -666 ! -type l raju@mail:~$ Not a single world-writable file or directory. Perhaps pre-release kernel tarballs are more lax?On my machine (I also have a 2.6.16): # find /usr/src/linux-2.6.16/ -perm -666 ! -type l | wc -l 20434 Just to doublecheck I wrote a script which parses the kernel tar: pax_global_header 52 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/ 0 b mode=777 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/.gitignore 462 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/COPYING 18693 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/CREDITS 89536 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/ 0 b mode=777 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/00-INDEX 10581 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING 7249 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/Changes 11655 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/CodingStyle 17843 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/DMA-API.txt 21291 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/DMA-ISA-LPC.txt 5332 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt 32801 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/DocBook/ 0 b mode=777 uid= 0 gid= 0 linux-2.6.17.11/Documentation/DocBook/.gitignore 35 b mode=666 uid= 0 gid= 0 ... A friend of mine confirmed to also have world writable dirs and files. regards Hadmut
Sorry to add my 2 pence worth but I noticed that Raj ran his command as a normal user and you Hadmut have ran yours as root. Isn't it going to be ok as the directories above these world writeable files aren't writeable/readable by a non-superuser? Cheers _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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