Re: Eterm SGID utmp Buffer Overflow (Local)

From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert (corecode@corecode.ath.cx)
Date: 01/14/02


Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:10:38 +0100
From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx>
To: "Charles 'core' Stevenson" <core@bokeoa.com>


On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 07:57:57 -0700 "Charles 'core' Stevenson"
<core@bokeoa.com> wrote:

> I found this last night looking for suids to overflow. Tested on
> Debian PowerPC Unstable. Yields gid utmp from which higher priveleges
> could be gained with a little effort. I haven't looked too close but I
> think the overflow might be in imlib2.

could this be sploited under x86 as well?
i don't see a way but this doesn't say anything... what do others say?

cheerz
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