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Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default
From: GloW - XD <doomxd () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:26:48 +1100
very good question, when i have seen bugs in sudo, wich allow me to gain root, using sudo su - ,wich is a feature but, if not protected and you have a bad sudo binary 9the sudo -g bug was about time i did tests with the amazon sudo) .. i asked a friend also to do this test and he also gained root thru a non sudo account, because BOTH binarys are there.... i am still baffled with this, i try avoid sudo where i can and, because sudo -g bug was nasty, i try use su - ,wich is abit better i 8think* , but very good question,... id like to know this reasons why to.. On 20 November 2011 06:36, Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com> wrote:
What is the security differential between su and sudo bash? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 19, 2011, at 6:15 AM, james () zero-internet org uk wrote:I'll second that; the isp I work at has a sizeable ubuntu customer base and these are customers who have made an informed decision. Now; let's consider ubuntu's inherited security from debian such as configuring a 'mortal account' (admittedly can be ignored in the preseed) and then the lack of perms on su; must use sudo. This is a distro that is newbie friendly but is not designed specifically for them. Unfortunately, though, you make a distro with simplified tasks (printer installation a fantastic example) and people, especially long term linuxers- though I ought to be included I guess, remember back all too easily to when everything was an uphill struggle: "what do you mean I don't have to compile this as a flipping module? That's not freedom!" Being all too familiar. Just my tuppence worth anyway. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Johan Nestaas <johannestaas () gmail com> Sender: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:04:46 To: Olivier<feuille () bibibox fr> Cc: <full-disclosure () lists grok org uk> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/_______________________________________________ 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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- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default, (continued)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 22)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Mihamina Rakotomandimby (Nov 23)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Dan Ballance (Nov 23)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Johan Nestaas (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default james (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Dan Kaminsky (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default james (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Dan Kaminsky (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default xD 0x41 (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default xD 0x41 (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default GloW - XD (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default xD 0x41 (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Tom Grace (Nov 18)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default James Condron (Nov 17)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Dan Kaminsky (Nov 19)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default xD 0x41 (Nov 20)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Memory Vandal (Nov 23)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default xD 0x41 (Nov 20)
- Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default Ferenc Kovacs (Nov 20)