Bug#28850: gettext: security problem when used in setuid programs

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Marek Michalkiewicz wrote:

> Package: gettext, libc6
> Version: 0.10.35-3, 2.0.7t-1
> 
> gettext is insecure when used in setuid programs - it can be used to open
> any file on the system for reading.

Fixed in gettext_0.10.35-7, now in slink.

However, I can't just fix this bug, since it may affect lots of other
programs, so I'm going to reassign it to "general".

Thanks.

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