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Re: Security Problem in MH 6.8.4

From: alan () LXORGUK UKUU ORG UK (Alan Cox)
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:09:45 +0000

The Linux bug is definitely a security issue.  I suspect it to be in RedHat's
implementation of libc.


The original glibc 2.0.5 had hostname bugs (discussed here a while ago), a
fix for those has been out for a while

Current thread:

Java reboots win95 Joe Lindstr?m (Jan 17)
- Re: Java reboots win95 David LeBlanc (Jan 17)
- GCC Exploit Phillip R. Jaenke (Jan 17)
- Security Problem in MH 6.8.4 Cesar Tascon Alvarez (Jan 19)
  - Re: Security Problem in MH 6.8.4 mparson () SMARTNAP COM (Jan 19)
    - Re: Security Problem in MH 6.8.4 Philip Guenther (Jan 20)
  - Re: Security Problem in MH 6.8.4 Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group (Jan 20)
    - Re: Security Problem in MH 6.8.4 Alan Cox (Jan 20)
  - L0pht Security Advisory mattw (Jan 20)