Re: [RFC] Collecting changelog entries in projectb
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:58:18PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote:
> hello (6.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
>
> * New upstream release.
> - Fixes a buffer overflow in excessively long greetings (CVE-2038-001)
>
> -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> Tue, April 1, 2038 09:00:00 +0000
>
> (I conjecture that by 2038, Debian will run on toasters, GNU hello will
> be security-sensitive, and we'll still be fixing buffer overflows...)
... and that there will be little, if any, security issues in 2038,
judging by the CVE number you chose ;-P
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