Re: Bug Serious problem in NEC SOCKS server (fwd)
Adel Abushaev (Adel.Abushaev@KSU.RU)
Sat, 10 May 1997 06:47:50 +0400
On Fri, 9 May 1997, Trevor Schroeder wrote:
> The following bug is present at *least* in Socks5 beta-0.17.2 from NEC. Other
> versions haven't been tested, but they are most likely vulnerable as well
>
> >From the manpage:
> SOCKS5_PIDFILE
> Identifies the filename that stores the socks5 process ID when the
> port is a port other than 1080. When you use port 1080, socks5
> stores the PID in /tmp/socks5.pid. When you run socks5 on a port
Is it necessary to start SOCKS server with superuser privileges?
This service uses non-privileged port 1080 and it seems to be
ordinary socket-based application.
Adel.
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