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[Full-disclosure] /bin/ls with gid=0 in Debian linux-ftpd
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- Subject: [Full-disclosure] /bin/ls with gid=0 in Debian linux-ftpd
- From: Paul Szabo <psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:24:32 +1100
Mea culpa. A stupid little bug crept into linux-ftpd for Debian, and
some other Linux distros. Some may have fixed it, but Debian hasn't.
The effect is that ftpd now runs /bin/ls (for DIR and similar commands)
with GID=0. Does not seem terribly dangerous as I do not seem able to
trick ls into running anything, nor are there any interesting objects
thusly accessible. Would become a "root hole" if someone finds a way
to execute anything from /bin/ls (as started from ftpd).
Please see
http://bugs.debian.org/384454
for details.
Cheers,
Paul Szabo psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia
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