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Re: Nessus Plugin ID 11188

Subject: Re: Nessus Plugin ID 11188
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:21:21 +0200
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 09:16:05AM -0600, Christopher J Bidwell wrote:
Hi all,

I've been getting reports from various users that this plugin is false:
Please read below:

Nessus is claiming the XFS vulnerability could lead to a root compromise.
The cited CERT announcement does NOT agree.  CERT says it is a possible
NOBODY compromise or a DoS of font service.


      The NOBODY users exists to own nothing and to be able to do nothing
dangerous.

Except that a lot of people use "nobody" for many services, which ends
up allowing this user to do quite a lot of damage on badly administered
servers.

Also, the ability to execute local commands as any user may lead to root
privileges (there are many local flaws).

As a result, I'll correct the wording of the plugin (thanks!) but this
alert should not be ignored.
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