curl-library
Re: Custom OpenSSL crypto engine not known to cURL
From: Camille Moncelier <moncelier_at_devlife.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:53:50 +0200
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:53:50 +0200
> I can think of arguments both for and against using the same name. But I'm
> curious in learning what the WORST is that could happen if an app wrongly
> would be made to load a config file (possibly by an inventive user). I'm
> really not into these details and I've not yet had any answers to these
> security-related concerns.
You could set up some _evil_ openssl engine and set init = 1 so
openssl try to initialize it automatically and TADA, (Bonus points if
the application is setuid root) :-)
-- Camille Moncelier http://devlife.org/ If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. ------------------------------------------------------------------- List admin: http://cool.haxx.se/list/listinfo/curl-library Etiquette: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.htmlReceived on 2010-04-01