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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
To: Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net>
Cc: unlisted-recipients:"; (no To-header on input) Horms"
	<horms@verge.net.au>,
	security@kernel.org, team@security.debian.org,
	334113@bugs.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Rudolf Polzer <debian-ne@durchnull.de>,
	Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>,
	secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org
Subject: Re: [Secure-testing-team] Re: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:00:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3slux22le.fsf@defiant.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4355C812.80103@derobert.net> (Anthony DeRobertis's message of "Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:14:10 -0400")

Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net> writes:

> Well, you can configure a single vty to only allow logins from admins.
> Then you avoid the fake login problem, but not the loadkeys problem
> (since that affects all vtys)

Just a guess... Can you use loadkeys to change keys used for switching VTs?
I would investigate switchvt (or how is it named) too.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa

  reply	other threads:[~2005-10-19 11:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1EQofT-0001WP-00@master.debian.org>
2005-10-18  4:41 ` kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise Horms
2005-10-18  6:52   ` [Security] " Andrew Morton
2005-10-18  8:59     ` Horms
2005-10-18 14:42   ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-10-18 17:16     ` Rudolf Polzer
2005-10-18 18:41       ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-10-18 20:49         ` Rudolf Polzer
2005-10-19 11:18           ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-10-19 13:23             ` Rudolf Polzer
2005-10-19 19:32               ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-10-19 20:24                 ` Rudolf Polzer
2005-10-19 22:57                   ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-10-19 23:12                     ` Rudolf Polzer
2005-10-20 15:05                       ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-10-19  4:14     ` [Secure-testing-team] " Anthony DeRobertis
2005-10-19 11:00       ` Krzysztof Halasa [this message]
2005-10-20  2:42     ` Paul Jakma
2005-10-20 23:22       ` Bill Davidsen
2005-10-18 21:19   ` [Secure-testing-team] " Moritz Muehlenhoff

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