Well, I got a lot of response to this. Thanks to all. I have been on
vacation and seemed to have missed this one. Sorry to bother the list with it.
Anyway, yes it exists, and Compaq has a fix for it available with their
patches.
Original question:
>Is anyone aware of this? I received an email from a Computer
Science >professor concerning a hack of some sort. Here is the email with
the URL for >the hack.
>
>Source code to a nasty hack is out on the web for Tru 54 5.1. This
allows any >user to get root. Don't know the fix but thought you should be
aware of this.
>
>Does it exist and if so is there a fix?
Paul Crittenden
Computer System Manager
Simpson College
email: crittend_at_simpson.edu
Phone: (515)961-1680
"You don't have to attend every argument you're invited to."
Received on Thu Aug 08 2002 - 13:14:53 NZST