full-disclosure - Re: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:55:32 -0500
From: "Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <jerry@...ba.org>
To: Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@...isch.de>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

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Hadmut Danisch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> there's a severe vulnerability in the Linux kernel 
> source code archives:

It is my understanding that the permissions are
intentionally set that way.

This hash been discussed several times over the
past year.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114635639325551&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113304241100330&w=2


> The Linux kernel is distributed as tar archives 
> in the form of linux-2.6.17.11.tar.bz2 from kernel.org.
> It is usually unpacked, configured and compiled
> under /usr/src. Since installing a new kernel
> requires root privileges, this is usually done as root.

The standard recommendation is to never compile
the kernel as root.





cheers, jerry
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