RE: [Exim] Minor security bug

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Auteur: Philip Hazel
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À: Florian Laws
CC: exim-users
Sujet: RE: [Exim] Minor security bug
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Florian Laws wrote:

> Hello Philip,
>
> > A minor security problem has been found in Exim 3 and 4 (many
> > thanks to Nick Cleaton). The bug is not thought to be exploitable,
> > but one can never be absolutely certain.
>
> Could you please clarify under which circumstances the bug might
> be triggered?


I was giving people who feel really paranoid a chance to get the patch
on before saying anything more - and also giving the geeks a chance to
read the patch and try to figure it out as an exercise... the poster of
the first correct explanation wins a free copy of Exim 4.22. :-)


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