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Re: [fyre@box3n.gumbynet.org: Re: ld-2.1.3.so allows users to run programs from noexec partition]
> > Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:01:22 -0400
> > From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dmj+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>
> > Well, that doesn't work if /home is mounted noexec. Isn't that the
> > whole point?
>
> There's also LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD; and plugins for
> applications; and gdb; and bugs in programs that let you execute
> arbitrary code.
I should also mention GCONV_PATH, which is the generic case of
'plugins for applications'.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>