Re: SECURITY: Important bug fix for /sbin/login (fwd)

1997-01-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: Guys, has this been fixed in debian? If not, can anyone explain how to install an rpm package so I can try out rpm within debian? ;-) Try alien. I think it's in debmake, but a quick check of the contents file should let you know. Luck, Dwarf

SECURITY: Important bug fix for /sbin/login (fwd)

1997-01-16 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Guys, has this been fixed in debian? If not, can anyone explain how to install an rpm package so I can try out rpm within debian? ;-) -- Their is a buffer overrun in /bin/login which has the potential to allow any user of your system to gain root