[R] [O-T] rsync security bug on Debian potato

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 03:08:03PM -0200, hzi at uol.com.br wrote:
> Hello-
> 
> 	This is off-tpoic, but of interest.
> 	There's a remote exploit bug on rsync, that was posted on Linux Today.
> 	I post this here because apparently it hasn't been mentioned (yet) on the
> 	Debian security advisory. The package list is not updated either.

Because is appears that the upstream patch is not addressing the problem.

> 	Perhaps this is what happened to CRAN when it was cracked...
> 	Maybe you admins at CRAN would want to contact the debian-security list.

I appreciate your concern, but I don't really think that this is the forum
for Debian-only questions.

Dirk

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