Bug 7517
Summary: | Use of su from a remote login is a possible security risk | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Ted Knupke <tknupke> |
Component: | sh-utils | Assignee: | bero |
Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 6.0 | Keywords: | Security |
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Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2000-02-03 18:40:28 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Ted Knupke
1999-12-02 18:05:59 UTC
This is the normal, expected behaviour. If you wish to deny root shells at all from remote hosts, you can change your PAM configuration to use the pam_securetty module for the 'su' service. |