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Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on

From:	psz maths usyd edu au
To:	gombasg sztaki hu
Cc:	bugtraq securityfocus com, dan lightwave net ru, jim jtan com, marco osp nl, mrex sap com, pavel ucw cz
Subject:	Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on
Date:	Wed - Nov 04, 2009 02:31 AM

> Irrelevant. The statement was ...

Sorry, you misunderstood, that was not the statement.

The statement was that with /proc you can "do" things you shouldn't.

We have seen what those things are. Sadly(?) so far none seem very
dangerous, or common, or conducive to mayhem: no urgency to fix.

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz@maths.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia

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