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From: fw@deneb.enyo.de
To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: ada/6717: Race condition in GNAT.Sockets.Create_Selector
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 05:26:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020518122142.28513.qmail@sources.redhat.com> (raw)


>Number:         6717
>Category:       ada
>Synopsis:       Race condition in GNAT.Sockets.Create_Selector
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat May 18 05:26:02 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     fw@deneb.enyo.de
>Release:        GCC 3.1, mainline
>Organization:
>Environment:
Any platform that supports GNAT.Sockets.
>Description:
Create_Selector creates a signalling socket in an unsafe way. A malicious local user (or, if the host implements a sufficiently weak end system model, someone on the local network) can connect to the newly created socket before the application itself, thereby disrupting normal operation.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Switch back to using pipes instead sockets for signalling, as in GNAT 3.14p.

On platforms which do not have pipes, use UDP for signalling, and add some kind of check that the triggering 
UDP packet really originated from the program itself.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


             reply	other threads:[~2002-05-18 12:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-18  5:26 fw [this message]
2003-05-10 23:56 Dara Hazeghi
2003-05-12  0:16 Dara Hazeghi

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