full-disclosure - Re: Symlink vulnerabilities

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:39:22 -0700
From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@...edump.cx>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Symlink vulnerabilities

> In any case, the *right* answer isn't to play whack-a-mole fixing /tmp races,
> what you should be doing is using pam_namespace or similar so each user gets
> their own /tmp namespace.

That would result in counterintuitive behavior, I suppose... /tmp is a
fairly stupid and largely unnecessary artifact of the old.

If you are in charge of a distro, it would not hurt to nuke it
altogether and change all packages in your control to use per-user
$TMPDIR. Some third-party stuff will break - but it breaks every now
and then anyway.

/mz

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