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Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump Handling -- Simple workaround Jul 14 2006 02:50PM
Caveo Internet BV - Security (security caveo nl)
The most easy way to stop this vulnerability is this by sepcifying the core
dump location

echo /root/core > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

This specifies /root as core dump location which makes it unavailable for
the local user.

Kind regards,

Ronald Timmerman - Caveo Internet BV

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