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From: Eric Pretorious <ericp@××.net>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-hardened] Exploitable Weakness: Shared Memory
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 02:58:05
Message-Id: 200410141957.54744.ericp@he.net
1 Hello, All:
2
3 I recently discovered that my Gentoo servers were compromised (despite having
4 followed the Gentoo Security Guide's recommendations) when users installed
5 root kits in /dev/shm.
6
7 Is this a widely-known exploit? If so: Why isn't it addressed in the Gentoo
8 Security Guide?
9
10 --
11 Eric P.,
12 Sunnyvale, CA
13
14 --
15 gentoo-hardened@g.o mailing list

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Re: [gentoo-hardened] Exploitable Weakness: Shared Memory Dan Margolis <krispykringle@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-hardened] Exploitable Weakness: Shared Memory pageexec@××××××××.hu