[mdlug] Linux root exploit

[Michael]

Wow, didn't think I would be attacked for my comment. This exploit, if I
understood correctly, grants access to the root account. My question was
whether or not this exploit would work with the root account completely
locked (I.E. password file going to nologin). Per the group's response to my
comment the exploit gives the user access to id=0 not necessarily the root
account, am I understanding correctly?

On Feb 11, 2008 12:17 AM, Kristian Erik Hermansen <
kristian.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 10, 2008 9:12 PM, Michael Corral <micorral at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Heh, that makes me wonder now how many Ubuntu users out there are
> > thinking "I'll be safe since you can't su to root in Ubuntu". LOL!
>
> You are never safe from hackers :-)
> --
> Kristian Erik Hermansen
> "Know something about everything and everything about something."
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