Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 13:18:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Peter Ulrich (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pine security Message-ID: <20010616131740.N4205-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20010616121259.A69988-100000@pukruppa.de>
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pine has had some security exploits. Most recently it was noticed that pine included the compiler and OS type in its message ids. This has been changed. Take a look at this message. I use the latest pine-4.33_1 port, and have never had any problems. Joe Clarke On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Peter Ulrich (Uli) Kruppa wrote: > > Hi, > > I just installed the latest port of the mail-client pine > (which I happily use for about two years now) and received a > warning by the FreeBSD Security Officer. It said pine had > been abused by some crackers. > > Which client would be the Security Officer's choice then? > > Uli. > > *--------------------------------------* > | www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | > | Wuppertal - Germany | > *--------------------------------------* > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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