On Mon, 7 Dec 2004, Mandrake Linux Security Team wrote:
> Max Vozeler discovered a vulnerability in pppoe, part of the rp-pppoe
> package. When pppoe is running setuid root, an attacker can overwrite
> any file on the system.
As the author of rp-pppoe, I take exception to this being reported as
a "vulnerability". pppoe is NOT designed to run setuid-root. You may
as well claim that a setuid "cat" has a vulnerability that lets it read
arbitrary files.
Any Linux distro that installs pppoe setuid root is just plain dangerous.
> Max Vozeler discovered a vulnerability in pppoe, part of the rp-pppoe
> package. When pppoe is running setuid root, an attacker can overwrite
> any file on the system.
As the author of rp-pppoe, I take exception to this being reported as
a "vulnerability". pppoe is NOT designed to run setuid-root. You may
as well claim that a setuid "cat" has a vulnerability that lets it read
arbitrary files.
Any Linux distro that installs pppoe setuid root is just plain dangerous.
--
David.
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