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From: tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: uudecode alias security hole?
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Date: 29 Nov 90 17:55:10 GMT
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Reply-To: tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen)
Organization: Convex Computer Corp, Richardson, TX
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I seem to recall that there's a security hole involved with
make an alias of "decode" in /usr/lib/aliases to go to 
"|/usr/bin/uudecode", but I don't recall how it runs.  If
anyone knows the problem (if one exists), could you please
fill me in?

thanks,

--tom