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Re: cp failure to NetApp directory with CIFS security model
From: |
Clarence Donath |
Subject: |
Re: cp failure to NetApp directory with CIFS security model |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:54:28 -0400 |
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 15:31 +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> A just-released security alert,
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
> mentioned the following:
>
> * A flaw was found in the CIFS file system. This could cause the umask
> values of a process to not be honored on CIFS file systems where UNIX
> extensions are supported. (CVE-2007-3740, Important)
>
> cp relies heavily on how the process umask works.
> If your CIFS file system implementation is affected
> by the above-fixed bug, then that may explain the failure.
Thank you very much for investigating this.
We are opening a case with NetApp regarding this.
Best Regards,
Clarence Donath
Information Technology
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