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freebsd-ports/sysutils/stmpclean/pkg-descr
Satoshi Taoka 3730283031 To remove old files from temporary directories.
PR:		12972
Submitted:	stanislav shalunov <shalunov@tuzik.lz.att.com>
1999-08-12 00:22:48 +00:00

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The utility stmpclean securely deletes old files from directories
such as /tmp and /var/tmp.
Combining find and rm (possibly with xargs) for this purpose allows
a local attacker to delete any file on the system. It is a security
hole.
Using one of the nifty floating around Perl scripts for this purpose
is dangerous: when you have an attack they have a tendency to behave
like forking bombs, making matters much worse.
--Stanislav
shalunov@mccme.ru