Re: hard links create local DoS vulnerability and security problems

From: Mike Fedyk
Date: Mon Nov 24 2003 - 15:43:36 EST


On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 06:05:53PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> If a SUID program is found to have a security hole, the administrator
> should make sure he removes all links to it when deleting it, just to
> be safe.

or in the common case:
s/administrator/package manager/
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