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Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:38:03 -0700
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Sang Kil Cha <sangkilc@....edu>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: imview

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On 02/05/2013 02:59 PM, Sang Kil Cha wrote:
> It reads in .ics file (iCalendar). Typical scenario would be to
> share your schedule by sending the ics file to your friends. So
> someone can open a malicious calendar file from imview, and then
> crash.
> 
> -Sang Kil

Is it loaded automatically somehow (e.g. ics file association?). It
seems like causing this program to crash won't cause any harm (e.g. no
lost data/etc. like you get when crashing a web browser/email
client/server). Right now I'm leaning towards not assigning a CVE as
it appears there is no real security related impact.


- -- 
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
PGP: 0x5E267993 A90B F995 7350 148F 66BF 7554 160D 4553 5E26 7993

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