Re: Linux GNOME exploit

[dufresne () WINTERNET COM (Ron DuFresne)]

Also, since slackware as well <slackware 4.0> documents:

- Large repository of contributed software compiled and ready to run. This
  includes GNOME 1.0

The GNOME troubles were cross posted to slackware-security () slackware com,
though, this looks to be a dead list since nothing has rooled backout of
it for two days....

Seems prudent that the information should make it to all the distributions
that incude GNOME and maintain a security list to pass such info on for
admins and end users to deal with as nessecary.

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Brock Tellier wrote:

>     We may be missing the point here.  This isn't necessarily a nethack
> or RH 6.0 vulnerability, it is a GNOME vulnerability and nothing more.
> The "redhat" and "nethack" names were purely for demonstration purposes.
> If Red Hat is concerned about losing face over an vulnerability like
> this, perhaps they should consult those who package Mandrake as "Red Hat
> Linux 6.0 with enhancements" and ship it with /etc/redhat-release.
>
> -Brock
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Wilson <msw () redhat com>
> To: Brock Tellier <btellier () WEBLEY COM>; <BUGTRAQ () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 4:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Linux GNOME exploit
>
>
> > On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 06:36:18PM -0500, Brock Tellier wrote:
> > >
> > ... SNIP ...
> > > The following exploit should work against any GNOME program, though I
> > > tried it on (the irony) /usr/games/nethack, which is SGID root by
> default
> > > on RH6.0.  An attack on any program will look something like this:
> > >
> > > [> > > [xnec@redhack gnox]$ uname -a; cat /etc/redhat-release; id
> > > Linux redhack 2.2.9-19mdk #1 Wed May 19 19:53:00 GMT 1999 i686
> unknown
> > > Linux Mandrake release 6.0 (Venus)
> > ... SNIP ...
> >
> > It's very important to note that this is _NOT_ Red Hat Linux 6.0.  It
> > is Linux Mandrake 6.0.  We do not ship nethack in Red Hat Linux.  It
> > is included in Powertools, where it has no setuid/gid bits.
> >
> > Matt
> > msw () redhat com

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