From owner-freebsd-security Tue Mar 11 9:41:31 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CBC237B404; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:41:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from gw.nectar.cc (gw.nectar.cc [208.42.49.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0966743F85; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:41:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nectar@celabo.org) Received: from madman.celabo.org (madman.celabo.org [10.0.1.111]) by gw.nectar.cc (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E31D4D; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:41:27 -0600 (CST) Received: by madman.celabo.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 64B7F78C44; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:41:27 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:41:27 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" To: Christopher Schulte Cc: Guy Poizat , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Prov. patch for the file hole ISS disclosed Message-ID: <20030311174126.GA57179@madman.celabo.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" , Christopher Schulte , Guy Poizat , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200303061415.h26EFlhD004317@device.dyndns.org> <200303061415.h26EFlhD004317@device.dyndns.org> <5.2.0.9.2.20030311113159.0386fea0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030311113159.0386fea0@localhost> X-Url: http://www.celabo.org/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i-ja.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 11:34:40AM -0600, Christopher Schulte wrote: > At 09:41 AM 3/6/2003 -0600, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > >Thanks! However, this has already been fixed in -CURRENT (by import > >of FILE 3.41). I do not know whether or not David plans to MFC in > >time for 4.8-RELEASE. > > I think this should be merged into the security branches, > due to possible remote exploit by third party programs that > use file, such as (at the very least) amavis. I tend to agree. David? Cheers, -- Jacques A. Vidrine http://www.celabo.org/ NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal Kerberos jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@FreeBSD.org . nectar@kth.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message