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Message-ID: <000001c3d7b7$b6695810$0201a8c0@fosi>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 09:24:13 +1300
From: Steve Wray <steve.wray@...adise.net.nz>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Re: bzip2 bombs still causes problems in
antivirus-software
> Dr. Peter Bieringer
>
> Steve Wray schreibt:
>
> > It would probably be a good idea to implement ulimit
> > restrictions on the user that the software runs as.
>
> Mostly "root"...and this will cause sure other fun, looks
> like some software didn't expect that file system runs out-of-space
and still
> hang and have no fail-safe mechanism here...
If your antivirus software (which, by definition, is routinely exposed
to 'malware') runs as root, then you have worse potential issues than
just a bzip bomb consuming resources.
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