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Re: Fixing a security hole in mount table.
On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 12:12:11AM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
>At 09:11 PM 9/8/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 08:46:06PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
>>>This is the first in a series of patches fixing security holes
>>>associated with the file mappings in the core of Cygwin.
>>>I hope the explanations below are clear!
>>
>>Yes they are, thanks. I can't comment on the security stuff but
>>everything else looks good to me. I'll let Corinna have the final say
>>on this.
>>
>>I wonder if it is time to bite the bullet and get rid of user-mode
>>mounts entirely. Or maybe disallow them in suid'ed sessions? They are
>>always going to be a security hole AFAICT.
>
>Yep, the same thought has crossed my mind. However I now believe that
>with the patch the user mounts do not pose a security issue.
I can't see how a feature which allows any user to redefine what /etc or
/ is could not be a security issue.
cgf