Bug#256299: marked as done (xdm: race condition in policy.c:Willing())

2007-08-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
an determine that this race condition constitutes a security problem. - Forwarded message from Chip Coldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Chip Coldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Debian X Strike Force Subject: xdm race condition Da

Bug#256299: xdm: race condition in policy.c:Willing()

2004-06-25 Thread Branden Robinson
orwarded message from Chip Coldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Chip Coldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Debian X Strike Force Subject: xdm race condition Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:58:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X

xdm race condition

2004-06-24 Thread Chip Coldwell
I found another xdm bug. This time it's a race condition in xc/programs/xdm/policy.c:Willing around line numbers 140--145, which reads if ((fd = popen(willing, "r"))) { char *s = NULL; while(!(s = fgets(statusBuf, 256, fd)) && errno == E