Re: ncurses 4.1 security bug

From: Wietse Venema (wietseat_private)
Date: Sun Jul 12 1998 - 05:51:52 PDT

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    Theo de Raadt:
    > I've been told that vmailer calls issetugid() for similar reasons (if
    > it exists, which means OpenBSD or FreeBSD, though the FreeBSD
    > semantics are a tiny little bit different).  (Wietse helped me clean
    > up the man page).
    
    This is correct (and thanks for acking my little contribution).
    Although no VMailer program is set-uid or set-gid itself, some
    programs might be called from one that is set-uid/set-gid, and
    therefore I attempt to take proper precautions.
    
    Just trying to stay abreast of the next couple waves of "new"
    security holes :-)
    
            Wietse
    
    PS. Yes, I know www.vmailer.org is down. I'll see what I can do.
    



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