r00t advisory: LitterMaid Race Condition
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r00t advisory [ LitterMaid Race Condition ] [ Mar 7 1998 ]
-- Platform: LitterMaid Deluxe Self-Cleaning Litter Box
-- Program: LitterMaid automatic sifting comb
-- Info: This advisory is in memory of "bugs" the r00t cat and
official r00t mascot.
-- Synopsis: A vulnerability exists in the LitterMade Deluxe
Self-Cleaning Litter Box automatic sifting comb
that can kill or severely injure your cat and/or kitten
forcing the administrator to find a new best friend.
-- Exploit: This vulnerability should be widely distributed to
all security experts because r00t knows that the average
BUGTRAQ reader's best friend is their cat.
When a feline enters the LitterMaid litter box and does
its business, the automatic sifting comb rakes the
hardened excrement and or urine into a storage container
for later disposal. A race condition exists when the comb
is on its way back to the original position. If the cat
is in the box when the comb is moving back, it can get
caught between the back of the LitterMaid and the comb,
thus crushing the cat.
-- Fixes: To follow r00t's workaround tradition, we recommend that
you downgrade to a cardboard box and some sand.
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