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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:32:03 +0200
From: Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
To: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE id request: newsbeuter

Hi Steve,
* Steven M. Christey <coley@...us.mitre.org> [2008-09-04 19:12]:
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Nico Golde wrote:
> 
> > Please use version 1.2 here as the fix for 1.1 was
> > incomplete.
> 
> Our interpretation was that 1.1 fixes the vulnerability, but a
> non-security bug forced the release of 1.2.  So 1.1, while perhaps
> unusable in practice, was safe from the vuln.
> 
> Was that an incorrect interpretation?

Yes that is correct.

Kind regards
Nico
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