SuSE: Makewhatis Not Vulnerable To /tmp Race Condition Bug
suse
July 10, 2000
makewhatis from man package reported to not be vulnerable to /tmp race condition bug.
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From: Thomas Biege <thomas@suse.de>
Subject: [suse-security-announce] makewhatis bug
Hi,
a few days ago a /tmp race condition bug in the makewhatis program was
posted on bugtraq.
We are NOT vulnerable by this bug, because we use different code, which
doesn't touch /tmp in a unsecure way.
Bye,
Thomas
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Thomas Biege, SuSE GmbH, Schanzaeckerstr. 10, 90443 Nuernberg
E@mail: thomas@suse.de Function: Security Support & Auditing
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