Bryan Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] > > alemaire, as maintainer of gawk, do you have any thought? > > I missed this reply, so what is the status? He's official maintainer but apparently he doesn't care about his packages. I'll have to have a look at that. [...] > Your point (if you were trying to make one) is moot. Well I don't think so, it's obvious that with default configuration a normal user (with a login) can DoS a machine very easily. > but.. > 1. There is a nasty bug in gawk > 2. This bug can be used to consume resources || reach 100% CPU usage > 3. This bug can trigger the above > 4. There is a nasty bug in gawk > 5. There is a nasty bug in gawk > 6. Did I mention that's a pretty nasty bug? I'll have a look. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
