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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:28:41 +0100
From: Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: matthias.andree@....de
Subject: Re: CVE request - fetchmail 6.3.11-.13 heap overflow in verbose X.509 cert display (only printable chars)

Hey,
* Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@....de> [2010-02-04 11:04]:
[...] 
> This might be exploitable to inject code if
> - fetchmail is run in verbose mode
> AND
> - the host running fetchmail considers char unsigned

Imho this needs to say signed, not unsigned.

Cheers
Nico
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