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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:21:08 +0100
From: vladz <vladz@...zero.fr>
To: halfdog <me@...fdog.net>
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: TTY handling when executing code in different
lower-privileged context (su, virt containers)
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 07:22:37PM +0000, halfdog wrote:
> During programming experiments I found some class of vulnerabilities
> [1], that seem to be rediscovered again from time to time, but since
> attack value is questionable, it was not fixed yet.
Nice. I was just wondering why the SIGSTOP signal is used here?
Sending a string starting with "exit;" to close the child process also
does the trick, no? When [1] was posted on the oss list, I wrote this
little PoC [2] to hijacked interactive bash shell opened with "su -
<user>".
> I would like to propose following "fix" for this problem: Modification
> of man-page of su making this a known problem or feature, not a bug.
Changing the man page is a good idea. Administrators (good ones) should
never have to open users's interactive shells. I mean, beside being a
security problem, it's kind of invasion of privacy. ;)
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/20/2
[2] http://vladz.devzero.fr/svn/codes/bash/dontsu.sh
vladz.
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