bugtraq - Re: *BSD banner INT overflow vulnerability

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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:02:12 -0500
From: Steve Shockley <steve.shockley@...ckley.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: *BSD banner INT overflow vulnerability

Gruzicki Wlodek wrote:
>  ( By default banner hasn't got set suid bit )

Why in the world would someone add a suid bit to banner?  Maybe it's a 
bug, but you had to work hard to turn it into a vulnerability.