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Subject: Re: RUS-CERT Advisory 200004-01: GNU Emacs 20
From: Valdis.KletnieksVT.EDU
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 21:26:17 CDT

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:47:35 PDT, Dan Harkless <dan-bugtraqDILVISH.SPEED.NET> said:
> > RUS-CERT Advisory 200004-01: GNU Emacs 20

> * We do not know if these vulnerabilities also apply to XEmacs.

This about sums it up. The advisory *was* seen on the XEmacs developer's
list. It's still unclear whether the XEmacs support for Unix98 pty's
has the same problems as the Emacs version. I'll make sure there's
a follow-up as soon as there's more concrete information.

                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech