Title: BSDI Squid File Owner Error Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
By default BSDI 3.1 installs the SQUID software files owned by user 'www'. This is the same user that the web server runs user's CGI by default. This means an user could write a CGI program which can execute as user 'www' and modify SQUID files. In particular they could modify the start-squid script. This script is runned by the root user when starting SQUID. By modifing this file an attacker can execute commands as root.
Affected Products:
- BSDI BSD/OS 4.0.0
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