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Date:      Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:23:50 +0200
From:      Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es>
To:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [Corrected message] This OpenBSD local root hole may  affect some FreeBSD systems
Message-ID:  <200204121923.g3CJNo265626@borja.sarenet.es>
In-Reply-To: <200204121920.g3CJKV265588@borja.sarenet.es>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20020411141011.030a0b80@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020411235129.00ba5bc0@nospam.lariat.org> <200204121920.g3CJKV265588@borja.sarenet.es>

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On Friday 12 April 2002 21:20, you wrote:
> =09An a security problem with reverse fingers and TCP Wrapper (see Wiet=
se
> Venema's "Murphy's Laws and Computer Security") exploited exactly the s=
ame.
> As far as I know, that behavior was removed from mail programs; they on=
ly
> accept escape sequences (at least the ~!) when running from a terminal.

=09Sorry, I meant "was removed as a default behavior". I had not noticed =
the=20
"-I" option in FreeBSD's /usr/bin/Mail.




=09Borja.

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