From: Manuel Reimer <Manuel.Spam@nurfuerspam.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Do people exaggerate in security advisories?
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:21:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fll7u3$p02$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
Hi,
I found this one today:
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2007/Oct/1018782.html
In the git changelog:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=commit;h=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b608390595783
7a271e80b187e
noone leaves any word about privilege escalation.
Is it really possible to get root privileges with this bug or are there
people who just write "may be used to escalate privileges" near any bug
which has something to do with "setuid" or "setgid"?
Thanks in advance
CU
Manuel
next reply other threads:[~2008-01-04 12:14 UTC|newest]
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2008-01-04 12:21 Manuel Reimer [this message]
2008-01-04 16:50 ` Do people exaggerate in security advisories? Manuel Reimer
2008-01-04 20:28 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
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