bugtraq - Re: Portable OpenSSH: Dangerous AIX linker behavior (aixgcc.adv)

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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 08:53:22 -0500
From: Denise Genty <genty@...tin.ibm.com>
To: Damien Miller <djm@...drot.org>
Cc: BUGTRAQ@...URITYFOCUS.COM, openssh-unix-dev@...drot.org,
	openssh-unix-announce@...drot.org
Subject: Re: Portable OpenSSH: Dangerous AIX linker behavior (aixgcc.adv)


Damien Miller wrote:

> 5. Solution:
>
>         For the problem to be solved, the AIX linker must be changed to
>         only search system paths by default and never search the current
>         directory or user-specified paths for set[ug]id programs.
>
>         We consider this a serious flaw in IBM's linker, and urge
>         them to fix it immediately.  IBM, are you listening?
>

Hey man, we're listening -- I just need to figure out who to contact
about the problem.

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Denise M. Genty
genty@...tin.ibm.com    (512)838-8170 - T/L 678-8170
AIX Network Security Development
Server Division, pSeries