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Re: L0pht Advisory: IMAP4rev1 imapd server (fwd)

In this case, it becomes much more difficult to debug setuid or setgid
programs.  Perhaps this option should be configurable at kernel
compile time, or better yet, by the administrator at runtime?

bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) writes:

> The problem is that the program has read the shadow password file into
> its address space, and then has then dropped root privileges before it
> dumps core. So it might create a core file that is readable by something
> else than root.
> 
> The solution is for the kernel to not drop core for a process that has
> changed its real or effective UID or GID.
> 
> 	Bruce
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