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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:40:30 -0800
From: "Anthony D. Urso" <anthonyu@...la.net>
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: iSEC advisory about binfmt_elf
I have a kernel mod here:
http://killa.net/infosec/acls/
... that allows binaries requiring RAW or PACKET sockets to be setgid
a configurable group instead of being setuid root.
It might save you some effort.
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 08:58:26PM +0300, Solar Designer wrote:
> Yes, this does reduce the impact. Especially if you ensure there're
> no SUID root binaries; on a default install of Owl (with tcb), it's
> sufficient to do:
>
> control ping wheelonly
> control traceroute wheelonly
>
> There're no other publicly-accessible SUID-roots by default.
>
> (And we're planning to deal with at least traceroute before the next
> release such that it won't require SUID root anymore.)
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