>>>>> "SP" == Shiva Persaud <shivapd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> XFOCUS team (http://www.xfocus.org/) had discovered Multiple OS kernel >> insecure handling of stdio file descriptor. >> >> =================== >> Affected OS Version >> >> AIX 5.3 SP> The AIX Security Team can be reached at security-alert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx SP> We have investigated this issue and AIX is not affected. A privileged SP> process will not inherit closed file descriptors for stdio, stdout and SP> stderr. well, but what is used for stdout if it's closed in the parent process just before fork(2) call?! -- Yours sincerely, Eugeny. Doctor Web, Ltd. http://www.drweb.com
