Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:25:13 -0800 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: Jason DiCioccio <geniusj@phreebsd.org>, chat@freebsd.org, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vulnerability postings.. Message-ID: <19991202182512.A15563@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912021804240.45689-100000@hub.freebsd.org>; from kris@hub.freebsd.org on Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 06:09:24PM -0800 References: <19991202155924.A80952@wopr.caltech.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912021804240.45689-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 06:09:24PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > could do short of fixing the source (maybe print a warning about the above > at install-time?). Thanks for jumping on this so fast.. The known problems with the solution are displayed at install time. I'm not in a position to do a security audit for the code, and I bet it really sucks. The linker warns about it using tmpnam(3), which is probably bad, too. Thank you, too, for taking action on this and your explanation of the problem. Matt -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * UNIX is a lever for the http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * intellect. -J.R. Mashey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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