From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 12:00:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B77216A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:00:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D18A43D31 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:00:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mw@theatre.sax.de) Received: from sax.sax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sax.sax.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9PC0C1A014786 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:00:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mw@theatre.sax.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with UUCP id i9PC0CpP014785 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:00:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mw@theatre.sax.de) Received: from theatre.sax.de (mw@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by theatre.sax.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9PBepw6088626 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:40:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mw@theatre.sax.de) Received: (from mw@localhost) by theatre.sax.de (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i9PBeoAm088625 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:40:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mw) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:40:50 +0200 From: Martin Welk To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041025114050.GA86965@theatre.sax.de> References: <200410242157.i9OLvRtV011244@2ens11.uta.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200410242157.i9OLvRtV011244@2ens11.uta.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: RedHat: Buffer Overflow in "ls" and "mkdir" X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:00:19 -0000 On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 04:57:27PM -0500, RedHat Security Team wrote: > Redhat found a vulnerability in fileutils (ls and mkdir), that could (...) Well, this might be the reason why Linux will never be able to get through into a mass market... You even have to install your viruses and worms manually. Regards, Martin -- ,,Oh, there's a lot of opportunities, if you're knowing to take them, you know, there's a lot of opportunities, if there aren't you can make them, make or break them!'' (Tennant/Lowe)