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SubjectRe: 2.2.0 SECURITY - *IMPORTANT*

On 27-Jan-99 Alex Buell wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Temporary workaround - type in the following:
>
> limit coredumpsize 0
>
> This will tell Linux NEVER to dump a core. Do this for accounts you think
> might do something like ldd core. =)

It won't make a difference. The problem has nothing to do with core files:
they're just a convenient way of triggering it. Any process which can
reconstruct its address space with mmap can cause a bad configuration.

I wouldn't be too surprised if its the same bug as the ptrace one people have
been complaining about lately.

J

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