full-disclosure - Re: Multiple OS kernel insecure handling of stdio file descriptor

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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:53:53 +0100
From: "Michele Cicciotti" <mc@...msa.net>
To: "'eugeny gladkih'" <john@...eb.com>,
	"'Shiva Persaud'" <shivapd@...tin.ibm.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Multiple OS kernel insecure handling of
	stdio	file descriptor

>  SP> The AIX Security Team can be reached at security-alert@...tin.ibm.com.
>  SP> We have investigated this issue and AIX is not affected. A privileged
>  SP> process will not inherit closed file descriptors for stdio, stdout and
>  SP> stderr.
> well, but what is used for stdout if it's closed in the parent
> process just before fork(2) call?!

I don't know what's the case for AIX, but the typical fix for this vulnerability is to reopen stdout and stderr to /dev/null for setuid processes

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