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no argv
- From: Topi Miettinen <Topi Miettinen medialab sonera net>
- To: linux-security redhat com
- Subject: no argv
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 22:51:27 +0300
Running programs (including set?id ones) without argv (execle(f,0,0))
causes many of them to die with a segmentation violation when they blindly
try to access argv[0].
This could be exploited in denial-of-service attacks if the program has
opened a lock file before segfaulting, though I haven't found any yet. I
can't think of a way for this to give a root shell.
-Topi
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