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Subject: Re: cvs commit:  src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/perl perl.c
To: joerg@freefall.freebsd.org (Joerg Wunsch)
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 20:41:47 +0400 (MSD)
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In-Reply-To: <199606300947.CAA27960@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Joerg Wunsch" at "Jun 30, 96 02:47:58 am"
From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (Andrey A. Chernov) <ache@nagual.ru>
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> joerg       96/06/30 02:47:58
> 
>   Modified:    gnu/usr.bin/perl/perl  perl.c
>   Log:
>   Back out Nate's changes from rev. 1.6; our Perl has not been
>   vulnerable since it used setreuid() as opposed to Posix saved IDs.
>   The change broke setuid scripts.

??? How this change can broke setuid scripts? Do you mean that
perl author supply incorrect patch?

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
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