Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-13.UNIX.SCO-login.15-Apr-1994

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From: Frank Simpson
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 01:13

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Michael P. Deignan (md@pstc3.pstc.brown.edu) wrote:
: In article <8LGM.94Nov28004011@bagpuss.demon.co.uk>,
: 	[8LGM] Security Team <8lgm@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> wrote:

: >PROGRAM:	login(1)
: >VERSION:	SCO UNIX 3.2v4.2
: >IMPACT:	Any user on the system can become root.
: >FIX:		Obtain patch from your vendor.


: Boy, this one was really helpful. Maybe I should just disable the
: "login" command until a patch becomes available, huh?

I'd have to say that this advisory was even more useless than something 
CERT would release.

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