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rPSA-2006-0122-2 kernel Jul 13 2006 08:28PM
Justin M. Forbes (jmforbes rpath com) (1 replies)

Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump Handling -- Simple workaround Jul 14 2006 02:50PM
Caveo Internet BV - Security (security caveo nl) (3 replies)

Re: Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump Handling -- Simple workaround Jul 14 2006 07:08PM
Hugo van der Kooij (hvdkooij vanderkooij org)

Re: Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump Handling -- Simple workaround Jul 14 2006 06:36PM
Lukasz Trabinski (lukasz wsisiz edu pl) (1 replies)

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Caveo Internet BV - Security wrote:

> 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.

Better solution add line to /etc/limits.conf

* hard core 0

and set pam_limits in pam services.

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*[ £ukasz Tr±biñski ]*
SysAdmin @wsisiz.edu.pl

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Re: Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump Handling -- Simple workaround Jul 16 2006 10:11AM
Michal Zalewski (lcamtuf dione ids pl)

Re: Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump Handling -- Simple workaround Jul 14 2006 05:32PM
Michael Shigorin (mike osdn org ua)