Re: Security vulnerability in automake

2002-06-07 Thread Lawrence Teo
> > Likewise, having a "hardened" config.guess file would not necessarily > > prevent symlink attacks, but it'll definitely make it much harder for an > > attacker to exploit it, even if the admin is sloppy. > >An attacker is hardly likely to distribute a "hardened" config.guess Of course the att

Re: Security vulnerability in automake

2002-06-07 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 04:50:23PM -0400, Lawrence Teo wrote: > My point is, if config.guess can be hardened against such potential symlink > attacks, why shouldn't it be? Of course, it would be great to educate all > admins not to build stuff as root. But it would also be a responsible thing >

Re: Security vulnerability in automake

2002-06-07 Thread Lawrence Teo
Dear Allan, I agree with you on many points but I still think this is an issue. Yes, people like you and me don't build stuff as root, because we're aware of the security issues behind this. However, "normal" users like newbie admins probably don't. Yes, standard users cannot overwrite /etc/p

Re: Security vulnerability in automake

2002-06-07 Thread Bruce Korb
Allan Clark wrote: > > This is really not an issue; There are a lot of sloppy people around. I had a make check test divert its output to /dev/null, only the test also changed the permissions of the output file, too. Someone complained that /dev/null became r--r--r--. It might be useful to chok

Re: Security vulnerability in automake

2002-06-07 Thread Allan Clark
This is really not an issue; standard users cannot overwrite /etc/passwd You don't compile/install unknown software as root, do you? If so, then my configure file says this: date > /etc/passwd Sure, this could be replaced with a hashed random name, but the same vulnerability remains. Don't b

URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED

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configure substitutions in generated Makefile

2002-06-07 Thread Kremp, Johannes
i'm on hp-ux 11.00 and have autoconf 2.50 and automake 1.5. i have following Makefile.am: Makefile.am: bin_PROGRAMS = test test_SOURCES = test.c test_LDADD = $(LIBTEST) lib_LIBRARIES = libtest1.a libtest2.a libtest1_a_SOURCES = test1.c libtest2_a_SOURCES = test2.c depending on the ope

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