Should we upgrade our release of rp-pppoe, per David Skoll's advice, then?
-David E.
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Subject: Re: [FLSA-2005:152794] Updated rp-pppoe package fixes security
issue
From: "David F. Skoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.security.full-disclosure,gmane.comp.security.bugtraq
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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:49:44 -0500
Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> Synopsis: Updated rp-pppoe package fixes security issue
> Advisory ID: FLSA:152794
This is a totally bogus vulnerability, as I wrote in my response on
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0564
In fact, this so-called "fix" might tempt people to run rp-pppoe
SUID-root, which is a Bad Thing, because there are probably tons of other
reasons why a SUID-root rp-pppoe is dangerous.
rp-pppoe 3.6 was released a while ago. It has a proper fix for SUID-ness.
I recommend people use that instead of distro versions with dubious
"security patches"
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Regards,
David.
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