On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:58:18PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote: > hello (6.6-1) unstable; urgency=low > > * New upstream release. > - Fixes a buffer overflow in excessively long greetings (CVE-2038-001) > > -- Simon McVittie <[email protected]> Tue, April 1, 2038 09:00:00 +0000 > > (I conjecture that by 2038, Debian will run on toasters, GNU hello will > be security-sensitive, and we'll still be fixing buffer overflows...)
... and that there will be little, if any, security issues in 2038, judging by the CVE number you chose ;-P -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
