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.


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Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/

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