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    SubjectRe: 2.2.0 SECURITY - *IMPORTANT*

    On 27-Jan-99 Alex Buell wrote:
    > Guys,
    >
    > Temporary workaround - type in the following:
    >
    > limit coredumpsize 0
    >
    > This will tell Linux NEVER to dump a core. Do this for accounts you think
    > might do something like ldd core. =)

    It won't make a difference. The problem has nothing to do with core files:
    they're just a convenient way of triggering it. Any process which can
    reconstruct its address space with mmap can cause a bad configuration.

    I wouldn't be too surprised if its the same bug as the ptrace one people have
    been complaining about lately.

    J

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