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Re: pppd/mgetty dial-in and dial-out problem
Here is from /dev/urandom: can it be related to a bug in kernel
2.2.15? This advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-037-05.html
1. Topic:
This new kernel release fixes a security hole that could affect
any setuid program on the system. In addition, several
accumulated fixes are included.
<snip>
2. Problem description:
A security bug involving setuid programs is fixed in
this kernel.
<snip>
An error case in raw I/O handling was fixed.
The combination of suid and i/o got me thinking... The suid thing
seems to be important enough to upgrade, anyway...
--
Oleg Goldshmidt <ogoldsh@NOSPAM.netvision.net.il>
"... We work but wit, and not by witchcraft;
And wit depends on dilatory time." [Shakespeare]
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