Sorry about nagging, particularly since bug 248796 seems to suggest emacs21 needs hand-patching each release, but is there some reason version 21.3+1-9 isn't on alioth?
Thanks, Robert. Debian Security Advisory DSA 685-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze February 17th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : emacs21 Vulnerability : format string Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0100 Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs, the well-known editor. Via connecting to a malicious POP server an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of group mail. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 21.2-1woody3. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version ---- Robert King, Statistics, School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia Room V133 ph +61 2 4921 5548 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://maths.newcastle.edu.au/~rking/ Sturgeon's law: "Sure, 90% of science-fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
