lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0708150048130.2583-100000@D00M.lightwave.net.ru>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:49:49 +0400 (MSD)
From: Dan Yefimov <dan@...5.lightwave.net.ru>
To: Wojciech Purczynski <cliph@...c.pl>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death
 Signal Vulnerability

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Wojciech Purczynski wrote:

> 
> > I'm not sure this is a real security issue. If some process has the same
> > effective UID as the given one, the former can always send any signal to
> > the latter. Thus the behaviour you described is IMHO normal.
> 
> It becomes a security issue whenever suid process drops user's UIDs.
> 
But if it drops privileges (changes EUID back to RUID), it can't again send any 
signal to setuid process.
-- 

    Sincerely Your, Dan.

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ