On 12 Jun 2002, Michael Natterer wrote: > David Fries <dfries@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Yes, the plug-ins are simply forked and thus have the same uid. > The patch looks like the right thing to do to me. If nobody objects > for some reason, it will be applied to both the stable and unstable > trees. > > thanks for spotting this, > --mitch You should put a big notice that there is a security fix in the NEWS file for the versions released. Perhaps an annoncement to BugTrax would be in order, as well. I wonder if anyone in the dark ages is still using gimp 1.0 -- I'm sure it has the same flaw. Rockwalrus