'Re: Possible security problem in KHTML or KMail?'

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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Possible security problem in KHTML or KMail?
From:       Rob Kaper <cap () capsi ! com>
Date:       2001-10-11 11:58:34
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 09:14:59PM +0200, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> <html><head></head><frameset><frame src="/etc/passwd"></frameset>
> <body></body></html>

This is by no means a security risk. Local users have always been able to
read/display the /etc/passwd file.

-- 
Rob Kaper     | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
cap@capsi.com | temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
www.capsi.com | - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

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