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[Full-Disclosure] Re: hard links on Linux create local DoS vulnerability and security problems
- To: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal), bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
- Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Re: hard links on Linux create local DoS vulnerability and security problems
- From: Carl Ekman <calle@gosig.nu>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 19:38:38 +0100
Since many systems have /tmp on the root filesystem /tmp could also be used to
link to setuid binaries.
> The link to setuid programs is more of concern except that it won't be able
> to happen unless you have setuid-root programs in a home directory
> partition, which sounds bad anyway.
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