Temp Fix for exploit

From: Anthony McGarr <delphig_at_dsuper.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 14:51:12 -0500

I think that this is important enough to rebroadcast to the list
Both Digital Finland and Canada are on it, and we should have a fix
soon!!!
Thanks Jari,
>
> This problem has now been reported, and we expect to get an
> answer with good resolution. As a temporary workaround, you
> can set the dop command suid bit off:
>
> # chmod 611 dop
>
> I'm not sure of dop's background, but I'm sure we get better
> answers on that soon! Anyway, DOP is abbreviation of "Department
> Of Personnel", and is part of the SysMan management toolset. I haven't
> tested yet what it might break removing the suid bit, but in worst
> case you may loose some of the GUI system management features.
>
> regards,
>
> Jari Tavi
> Digital Finland
Received on Tue Mar 04 1997 - 21:39:26 NZDT

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