Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 17 Apr 1999 16:11:56 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: caps in elf headers: use the sticky bit! |
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Hi!
> > Eh, what problem? > > The problem that setting inheritable bits is a non-priviledged operation > under the setuid0 scheme, and there is a LOT of power in the inheritable > bits. You are left wide open to trojan binaries, but a paranoid > sysadmin
It is not a showstopper. Your capabilities do NOT prevent you from trojan horses. If you run program with uid=0, it does not need any special privileges to screw you up. [Hint: who is owner of /etc/passwd?]
Pavel -- I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).
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