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    FromMichael Buesch <>
    SubjectRe: Kernel fchown() exploit status?
    DateFri, 9 Jul 2004 11:46:30 +0200
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    Quoting Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>:
    > * Chris White (webmaster@securesystem.info) wrote:
    > > There was a recent security announcment regarding a vulnerability with 
    > > the fchown function.
    > > 
    > > Only a few distrobutions (red hat/suse) have fixed the issue, but I've 
    > > yet to see a general patch for it.
    > 
    > Patches are in both 2.4 and 2.6 bk trees.  2.4.27-rc3 has this fixed.
    > There hasn't been a 2.6.8-rc release since the patches went in to 2.6
    
    Is there an exploit available to test if the kernel has
    this vulnerability?
    
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    Regards Michael Buesch  [ http://www.tuxsoft.de.vu ]
    
    
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