* skizzles@xxxxxxxxx (Josh Martin) [Fri 06 Aug 2004, 20:51 CEST]: > Package: info > Version: 4.7-2.1 > Severity: grave > Tags: security > Justification: user security hole [snip explanation of buffer overflow] /usr/bin/info is not setuid, and I can't think of any way to invoke the program where it would allow for privilege escalation. Why is the severity "grave?" Remember that this is bugtraq, about security, not the Debian bug tracking system, or texinfo's gnats. -- Niels. -- (please change - to = in my From: address when replying, the amount of bounces otherwise coming back from bugtraq is of epic proportions.)
