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Re: [ietf-822] inventive syntax, at least

Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+ietf@ijs.si> Thu, 13 November 2014 13:46 UTC

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From: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+ietf@ijs.si>
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Subject: Re: [ietf-822] inventive syntax, at least
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Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 7:24:44 PM CEST, Murray S. Kucherawy 
> wrote:
>> Looks vaguely like the recent bash attack.
> 
> Yes. It's trying to see whether anyone's handling To, References, Cc,
> From, Subject, Date, Message-ID, Comments, Keywords, Resent-Date,
> Resent-From or Resent-Sender using bash. But is anyone falling for it?
> I'm curious.

Yes, apparently qmail:
   qmail is a vector for CVE-2014-6271 (bash "shellshock")
   http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/qmail/users/138578

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)#Qmail_server


   Mark

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