freebsd-ports/sysutils/stmpclean/pkg-descr
Edwin Groothuis 96d9d7a997 inew port version: sysutils/stmpclean
Update to version 0.2

PR:		ports/50256
Submitted by:	stanislav shalunov <shalunov@internet2.edu>
2003-09-29 14:03:24 +00:00

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The utility stmpclean securely deletes old files from directories
such as /tmp and /var/tmp.
Combining find and rm (possibly with xargs) for this purpose allows
a local attacker to delete any file on the system. It is a security
hole.
Using one of the nifty floating around Perl scripts for this purpose
is dangerous: when you have an attack they have a tendency to behave
like forking bombs, making matters much worse.
--Stanislav
shalunov@internet2.edu