full-disclosure - Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump

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Date: Fri Jul 14 18:00:42 2006
From: security at caveo.nl (Caveo Internet BV - Security)
Subject: Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump

The most easy way to stop this vulnerability is this by sepcifying the core
dump location

echo /root/core > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

This specifies /root as core dump location which makes it unavailable for
the local user.

Kind regards,

    Ronald Timmerman - Caveo Internet BV



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sven Wegener" <sven.wegener@...aler.net>
To: "cyberfox2002" <cyberfox2002@...il.com>
Cc: "full-disclosure" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump


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