Re: tcpwrapped rpcbind/portmap?

From: Brian Parent (bparent@calvin.ucsd.edu)
Date: 08/31/01


Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:43:02 -0700
From: Brian Parent <bparent@calvin.ucsd.edu>
To: "'focus-sun@securityfocus.com'" <focus-sun@securityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: tcpwrapped rpcbind/portmap?
Message-ID: <20010831134302.V23684@calvin.ucsd.edu>

I guess I should have researched my previous question a bit further before
asking this group. I've discovered an older thread (March 6, 2000)
on comp.security.unix talking exactly about this rpcbind issue.

Basically, it confirms my suspicions, that Wietse's rpcbind code
very likely includes some security bugs that have since been patched
in Solaris code.