[kismac] IMPORTANT SECURITY ADVISORY

From: Michael Rossberg <mick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: kismac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:30:21 +0200

hi everyone,

bad news. enabling SUID feature in kismac 0.05d to 0.05d3 will open a 
local root hole on your system. this basically means that everyone with 
enough knowledge can upgrade his account to a root account on your 
system.
there are two things you can do about this.
1. disable the SUID feature (default)
2. install kismac 0.05d4

stable installations are not affected.

mick

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