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Re: [Full-disclosure] [ MDKSA-2007:101 ] - Updated bind packages fix vulnerability



* Jeroen Massar <jeroen@xxxxxxxxx> [2007-05-10 01:54:20 +0100]:

Jeroen Massar wrote:
security@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2007:101
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : vim
 Date    : May 9, 2007
 Affected: 2007.0, 2007.1

But the subject line reads:

[ MDKSA-2007:101 ] - Updated bind packages fix vulnerability

So is this a spoof or is this a spoof?
Or did somebody make a booboo at Mandriva. The PGP key seems to at least
check out for the fact that the signature on the part of the message
that is signed is correct. As the PGP key is not in the strong set it
can't be really trusted of course.

This was a booboo.  The advisory contents are correct, just the subject
line was incorrect.

Also setting a Reply-To: to a broken xsecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxx absolutely
doesn't make any sense (unless you want to partially overcome the
problem of vacation messages getting bounced back, but hey those people
will nicely ignore your Reply-To anyway....)

Over 60% of the out-of-office or undeliverable messages have been
eliminated by doing this.  It's not 100% effective, but I'll take a 60%
reduction anyday.

--
Vincent Danen @ http://linsec.ca/

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