Blackhole
Ed Wilts
ewilts at ewilts.org
Mon Apr 11 20:27:43 UTC 2005
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 01:19:51PM -0700, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> You may not have to reinstall the whole system, /tmp is likely the only
> directory that was writable through an exploit.
/var/tmp is also world writable.
Any time you do not trust what's on your system, you should seriously
consider doing a re-install. Sure, you may get away with not having to
do one, but what if you guess wrong and your customer data is
compromised?
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Ed Wilts, RHCE
Mounds View, MN, USA
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