I would agree that this isn't the best configuration and should probably
be changed, but I would like to know how many people are putting untrusted
user accounts on a Nokia box?

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On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Damieon Stark wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 01:32:50PM -0300, Jorge Merlino wrote:
> > I don't think that is a vulnerability.
> > The file /etc/master.passwd has read access for all users. Monitor can also
> > read it in a ssh session.
> > I you try that URL in a file with, let's say, 660 permissions you get a
> > blank page.
>
> Ummm... What am I missing here? Does it seem _crazy_ to anybody else that
> the permissions on the file containing some of the most sensitive information
> on the system would have read access to all users? This is clearly NOT
> the default on any of the BSD systems (including the one from which IPSO is
> derived) that I am aware of.
>
> Can anybody else confirm the permissions required to read the file? Can
> anybody else confirm that the /etc/master.passwd file is a+r?
>
> I would have to call this a vulnerability either way....
>
> -visigoth
>
>
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