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Re: [cobalt-security] Significant OpenSSH Vulnerability ??



>> Here are my OpenSSH-3.3p1 compile options:
>> 
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr \
>> --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh \
>> --with-ssl-dir=/opt/openssl-0.9.6d \
>> --with-zlib=/opt/zlib-1.1.4 \
>> --libexecdir=/usr/libexec/openssh \
>> --with-ipv4-default \
>> --with-pam=/lib/security \
>> --with-md5-passwords \
>> --with-default-
>> path=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin \
>> --with-privsep-user=nobody \
>> --with-privsep-path=/home/sites
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^
I could be wrong, but don't you want to create an empty directory for the
privsep option? If someone were to overpower ssh wouldn't they be dumped
into your websites directory?

-j
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