RE: tlug: security hole in TurboLinux/TurboLinuxJ

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 6 May 1998, Marcus Metzler wrote:

> Scott Stone writes:
> 
>  > Seeing as how the previous message told you where to get the J patches,
>  > I'll say yes :) 
>  > 
>  > For now, until the vector mirror updates, ftp the etcskel and xinitrc rpm
>  > packages from the tlug server's /tmp dir.
>  > 
> Oh oh, xhost +, that can cause a lot of trouble. We had that kind of free
> access to other peoples X-Terminals a couple of years ago at Cologne University
> and its a lot of fun to change somebody elses keymap :), or if you really
> don`t like them kill all their windows. Or maybe just set their screensaver
> interval to 1 sec. Not to give anyone any suggestions ;-).
> 

well, I made the fix as soon as I saw the report on bugtraq, so...  at
least I'm on top of it, eh?

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