Re: UUDECODE security holes

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From: Russell Schulz
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:48

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russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz) writes:

> in the `forward' file from the user/foo directory, if you send mail to
> something like `../../waffle/system' and you had a waffle/system file,

ergh!

actually, if you had a waffle/system/forward file.  so sending mail to
`../../waffle/system/password' won't do it, never would've...
-- 
Russell Schulz  russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca  ersys!rschulz  Shad 86c

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From: russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz)
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Subject: Re: UUDECODE security holes
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