SECURITY BUG IN INTERACTIVE UNIX SYSV386

[Larry Snyder]

jdeitch at jadpc.cts.com (Jim Deitch) writes:

>  I tried to fix the problem temporarily by setting UAREARW to 0 as
>was posted.  I rebult the kernel and all was well, until cnews tried
>to run.  I got a core dump from sendbatches.  Also the dfspace utility
>would not work.  Anyone else seen this?  I am running ISC 2.2 w/o a
>coprocessor.  Do I also have to set UAREAUS to 0 to make this "fix"
>work?

we had the same problem here on nstar.rn.com with cnews bitching after
rebuilding the kernel with the additional fields set in the kernel

there is no fix for ISC 2.2 without a co as of this time and those
2 fields are of no value unless you are running with a coprocessor


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