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In article <6f1d0j$8n9$1defiant.cistron.nl>,
Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquelsCISTRON.NL> wrote:
>In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.980321161207.2339A-100000mercury.redhat.com>,
>Erik Troan <ewtREDHAT.COM> wrote:
>>On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Catalin Mitrofan wrote:
>>
>>> host (user):~>. .mh_profile
>>> bash#
>>
>>Thanks for finding this -- I just put a fix on ftp.redhat.com.
>
>I've tried this with the Debian mh_6.8.4-17 package, and nothing happens.
>(It prints a lot of junk and then exits).  Also, mh_check is installed setgid
>mail, not setuid root.

I have checked the source, and the RedHat fix. It appears that the Debian
mh_6.8.4-17 *is* vulnerable, but not with Catalin's exploit (would probably
work with some hacking).

I've placed a bugreport, and a patch, with severity "critical" into
Debian's bugsystem. There should be a fix soon.

Mike.
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