Re: As 2.0 looms
Ian Jackson (ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk)
Tue, 30 Apr 96 22:08 BST
Marek Michalkiewicz writes ("Re: As 2.0 looms"):
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> - /proc is still insecure :-(. You can open /proc/<pid>/mem and
> hold the file descriptor, then have the target process exec some
> setuid/setgid/unreadable program and read its memory at will.
> Not good for things like ssh - the secret host key is there...
Oh, ****, has this _still_ not been fixed ?
If I revamp my /proc-paranoia patch for 1.3.x, will it get accepted,
or should I not bother ?
Ian.