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Re: RUS-CERT Advisory 200004-01: GNU Emacs 20
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@VT.EDU)
Thu Apr 20 12:08:12 2000
Message-Id: <200004200226.e3K2QLB28944@black-ice.cc.vt.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:26:17 -0400
Reply-To: Valdis.Kletnieks@VT.EDU
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@VT.EDU
X-To: Dan Harkless <dan-bugtraq@DILVISH.SPEED.NET>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:47:35 PDT."
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:47:35 PDT, Dan Harkless <dan-bugtraq@DILVISH.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
