Re: Solaris 2.4

[shipley () merde dis org (Pete Shipley)]

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> Since I had heard that Solaris 2.4 was shipping, I ftp'd to
> sunsolve1, cd'd to pub/patches, and pulled over the
> file named Solaris2.4.PatchReport, which I am including at
> the end of this message.  It looks like there are some
> serious security problems with 2.4, namely a problem with su
> echoing the password on the console, a problem with portmapper, =

> and a problem with the mouse code which makes "break root" attack =

> possible.  Apparently the protmapper problem was fixed with an
> earlier patch to 2.3, because the README for the portmapper
> patch says it "re-appeared in 5.4".


can someone elaborate on the problem with the Solaris "mouse code" and =

portmapper?

                -Pete

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