Re: HTTPD bug

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>>>>> "Martin" == Martin J Hargreaves <ch11mhsurrey.ac.uk> writes:

Martin> 	I don't think this has been brought up on bugtraq yet, if it
Martin> has sorry. This is from Linux-security, posted by "Mr Pink
Martin> (vincedallas.demon.co.uk) apologies to Mr. Pink for my instant
Martin> repost.

Martin> On Sun, 16 Apr 1995, Mr Pink wrote:

>> It allows you to create a directory in a users home dir that can be
>> accessed via mosaic/netscape.  well the bad bit of news is, if you sym
>> link this dir to root (/), file ownership becomes non existent.
>> 
>> i was easily able to read the shadow passwd file!

The easy fix is to run the daemon as nobody (which is what I do).
chroot'ing will also take care of this sort of problem.

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