Ron DuFresne
26/01/07, 13:24
[SNIP]
>
> Description:
> Previous versions of the wget package can crash if they contact a
> malicious FTP server. No further vulnerability is enabled by this
> minor flaw; system security is not threatened in any way.
>
Which might well be a good thing eh? Afterall, if the site is malicious,
better the app die and dump then allow one to prceed to inflict harm upon
ones self?
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
--
"Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em
'cause she comes back." --B.B. King
***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!***
OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.
>
> Description:
> Previous versions of the wget package can crash if they contact a
> malicious FTP server. No further vulnerability is enabled by this
> minor flaw; system security is not threatened in any way.
>
Which might well be a good thing eh? Afterall, if the site is malicious,
better the app die and dump then allow one to prceed to inflict harm upon
ones self?
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
--
"Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em
'cause she comes back." --B.B. King
***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!***
OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.