Re: [Full-disclosure] Linux Local Root -- CVE-2012-0056 -- Detailed Write-up

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good point about [lack of] compiler and linker hardening on the `su`
binary (and probably many others). Perhaps distributions should run
Checksec (http://www.trapkit.de/tools/checksec.html) on their
binaries.

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Server presently DoS'd, or dreamhost is tweaking again.
>
> Cache link:
>
> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1009&bih=687&sclient=psy-ab&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fblog.zx2c4.com%2F749&pbx=1&oq=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fblog.zx2c4.com%2F749&aq=f&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1077l2167l0l2282l7l4l0l0l0l0l148l403l2.2l4l0
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 19:19, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Everyone,
>>
>> I did a detailed write-up on exploiting CVE-2012-0056 that some of
>> y'all might appreciate. Pretty fun bug to play with -- dup2ing all
>> over the place for the prize of getting to write arbitrary process
>> memory into su :-).
>>
>> The write up is available on my blog here: http://blog.zx2c4.com/749 . Enjoy.
>>
>> Jason

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