Re: OT: Virii on vger.kernel.org lists

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:27:19 +0100 (BST)

> >Two problems with that:
> > 1. Some virii are text attachments. Your fix doesn't deal wioth them.
>
> I'm not aware of the TEXT/PLAIN viruses (ignoring jokes, er,
> social comments, about the GPL). Could you point me to a sample?

Mime header based ones: there have been several
Body text based ones: I know of one that exploited the escape vulnerability
in X11R5 xterm - it really was a 'README' virus.

Alan
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