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Hi,
Aparently securityfocus has some information about this:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2087

There are some explanations in the helot.c - the exploit.

P.S. Maintainer, can you hear me? :)

--Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant
[ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ]



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