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Message-ID: <200311241938.38200.calle@gosig.nu>
From: calle at gosig.nu (Carl Ekman)
Subject: Re: hard links on Linux create local DoS vulnerability and security problems

Since many systems have /tmp on the root filesystem /tmp could also be used to 
link to setuid binaries.

> The link to setuid programs is more of concern except that it won't be able
> to happen unless you have setuid-root programs in a home directory
> partition, which sounds bad anyway.


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