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Date:      Thu, 24 May 2007 10:39:33 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?\"Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav\"?=" <des@des.no>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, "Brian A. Seklecki" <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com>
Subject:   Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:04.file
Message-ID:  <20070524103933.98340818.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
In-Reply-To: <86myzugx5r.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <200705231619.l4NGJtHB017927@freefall.freebsd.org> <1179937542.1121.4.camel@soundwave.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com> <86myzugx5r.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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In response to "Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav" <des@des.no>:

> "Brian A. Seklecki" <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com> writes:
> > I'll have to check, but I doubt anything other than file(1) on
> > production systems is linked against libmagic.  This is safe to do in
> > real-time afaik. ~BAS
>=20
> AFAIK, Apache's mod_mime_magic either links against libmagic or against
> its own copy of the same code.

According to the docs:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_mime_magic.html

It would appear that Apache uses its own code for mod_mime_magic.

That does not guarantee that it doesn't have the same problem, however.

--=20
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.
http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/

wmoran@collaborativefusion.com
Phone: 412-422-3463x4023



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