Steve Kemp wrote: > > Due to a bug in the environment variable substitution code it is > > possible to inject environment variables such as LD_PRELOAD and gain a > > root shell.
Charles Stevenson discovered that osh, the operator's shell for executing defined programs in a privileged environment, does not handle environment variables properly, allowing a local attacker to open a root shell. Please take care of the package for woody as well. Regards, Joey -- This is GNU/Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot. Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]