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Re: Re: Debian / xterm #779397

From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:55:04 +0000

2015-03-03 12:45:50 +0100, Marcus Meissner:
[...]

In modern times xterm should not be setuid root, but there might be legacy
systems where it is.

[...]

The bug/crash happens after xterm has dropped privileges, so
even there, that would not be an issue.

-- 
Stephane

Debian / xterm #779397 Kurt Seifried (Mar 02)
- Re: Debian / xterm #779397 Thomas Dickey (Mar 03)
  - Re: Re: Debian / xterm #779397 Simon McVittie (Mar 03)
    - Re: Re: Debian / xterm #779397 Marcus Meissner (Mar 03)
    - Re: Re: Debian / xterm #779397 Stephane Chazelas (Mar 03)