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Re: Insecure /tmp file usage

There is a kernel-patch for 2.0.32 that makes the symlinks exploits
impossible. Its contained in the linux mama patches. Maybe that patch will
allow us to use the /tmp directory for temporary storage again?

On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Niels wrote:

> Package: premail
> Version: 0.45-3
> 
> from the documentation:
> 
> Secrets
> 
>      To create signatures, decrypt messages, or use nyms, you need to
>      set up a "premail secrets" file. If you will only be using premail
>      to encrypt outgoing mail, you can skip this section.
> 
>      The default filename is /tmp/.premail-secrets.$< , where $< is
>      equal to your numeric user id. To change the filename, use a
>      preferences line such as this one:
> 
>    $config{'premail-secrets'} = '/mnt/cryptdisk/premail-secrets';
> 
>      If you don't know your numeric user id, you can find it by running
>      "echo $uid" (from csh or tcsh), "echo $UID" (from sh or bash), or:
> 
>    perl -e 'print "$<\n"'
> 
> (this is dumb - 'id' is the command to use. --N)
> 
>      The premail secrets file has this format:
> 
>    $pgppass{'user'} = 'PGP passphrase for user';
>    $pgppass{'alternate'} = 'PGP passphrase for alternate';
>    $penetpass = 'Passphrase for anon.penet.fi';
> 
>      However, make sure your premail secrets file has restrictive
>      permissions, so other people on your system can't read your
>      passphrases! This command is well recommended (substituting your
>      actual user id, of course):
> 
>    chmod 600 /tmp/.premail-secrets.7437
> [..]
> 
> Looking through the source I see some open(TMP, ">$file")-like statements
> with absolutely no checks whether the file exists around it...
> 
> 
> 	-- Niels.
> 
> 
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