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Bugtraq archives for 3rd quarter (Jul-Sep) 1998: AfterStep asfsm tmp hole

AfterStep asfsm tmp hole

Kristofer Coward (krisSNOW.UTORONTO.CA)
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 01:06:51 -0400

The disk usage monitor that comes with AfterStep (asfsm) overwrites
/usr/tmp/statfs regularly as whoever launched it, allowing the typical
symlink crap we've come to expect, including a possible DoS if run as
root.

Kris Coward
krissnow.utoronto.ca