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authorAndrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>2001-02-11 06:33:53 +0000
committerAndrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>2001-02-11 06:33:53 +0000
commit4e4d6bb78e3bd6430838d854832c58f104d5f559 (patch)
tree9f3223c9b38717da4db165ad13720367c76b6fbf /doc/pam_modules.sgml
parent25188cef4bd88edeb68c1bd3c7b54c38e18ad151 (diff)
Relevant BUGIDs: 112540
Purpose of commit: minor security bugfix Commit summary: --------------- Fixes for the password helper binaries. Before, there was no check that the password entered was actually that of the intended user being authenticated. Instead, the password was checked for the requesting user. While this disstinction sounds like a security hole, its actually not been a problem in practice. The helper binaries have only been used in the case that the application is not setuid-0 and as such even if an improper authentication succeeded, the application could not change its uid from that of the requesting user.
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