[Radiance-dev] Security issue - Insecure use of files in /tmp

Bernd Zeimetz bernd at bzed.de
Thu Aug 14 06:33:03 PDT 2008


Randolph Fritz wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> But it's going to be possible, even if this particular thing is
> changed.  Is this really more of a risk than a hundred other exploits? 
> Or just one particular one that's been closed off?  I'd hate to see
> Linux start running on Schneier's patch treadmill.

So which other exploit (which is as trivial as abusing /tmp) do you know?


Bernd

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