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Hi,

I've applied this patch to the upcoming release subversion repository
already.

Micah

Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have read through the patch and what I can determine is that
> you make sure to print an error if the user id is not a number
> and change root to 0.
> 
> Thanks for pointing me at this. I assume that this will be
> applied by upstream soon enough so that we can incorporate it
> when they release next version. Or do you think it is important
> enough to patch to the current version?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> // Ola
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 12:40:25PM +0200, David Schmitt wrote:
>> Package: util-vserver
>> Version: 0.30.209-2
>> Severity: important
>> Tags: security patch upstream
>>
>> This is upstream bug #15996: suexec from root with an invalid
>> ID runs as root.
>>
>> https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=15996
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo vserver buildd suexec david id
>> uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo vserver buildd suexec 1000 id
>> uid=1000(david) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 
>>
>> There is also a patch already available at 
>> https://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=4966
>>
>> Regards, David
>>
>> -- System Information:
>> Debian Release: testing/unstable
>>   APT prefers unstable
>>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
>> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>> Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-vserver-686
>> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>>
>> Versions of packages util-vserver depends on:
>> ii  iproute                       20051007-4 Professional tools to control 
>> the 
>> ii  libbeecrypt6                  4.1.2-4    open source C library of 
>> cryptogra
>> ii  libc6                         2.3.6-4    GNU C Library: Shared libraries 
>> an
>> ii  net-tools                     1.60-17    The NET-3 networking toolkit
>>
>> Versions of packages util-vserver recommends:
>> ii  binutils          2.16.1cvs20060117-1uc1 The GNU assembler, linker and 
>> bina
>> ii  make              3.80+3.81.rc2-1        The GNU version of the "make" 
>> util
>>
>> -- no debconf information
>>
>>
> 
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