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Re: su vulnerability on coreutils 6.9 (64-bit Linux)


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: su vulnerability on coreutils 6.9 (64-bit Linux)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:08:09 -0600
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According to Brian Biswas on 9/25/2008 1:39 PM:
> Hey, there, Eric.
> 
> Brian here again.
> 
> I downloaded coreutils-612 and built it for 64-bit Linux. ( I see that
> su isn't installed by default
> anymore, as you said.)
> 
> Anyway this version of su does function correctly on 64-bit Linux 2.6.

Glad to hear it.

> 
> I have no idea what is causing the 6.9 version to fail (and I've rebuilt
> that version today
> to make sure it wasn't corrupted somehow--it still failed and in the
> same way).
> 
> Anyway, don't worry about this unless you are just interested in what
> was going on.

I'm inclined to let past bugs stay in the past.  On the other hand, 'git
log v6.9..v6.12 -- src/su.c' doesn't show very many interesting changes
(only six commits).

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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