Re: A bug in Elm

[rosebud () CYCLONE STANFORD EDU (Larry Schwimmer)]

You (fflush) write:
> I ran into an Elm feature the other day which allows you to overwrite
> anyone's files

Upgrade your software; it is not current.

> The only version I tried this on is 2.4 PL24 (Linux), which I think is the
> latest one.

2.4 PL25 came out in December, 1995.  It may be found at:

ftp://ftp.myxa.com/pub/elm/elm2.4.tar.Z

2.4 PL25 is still the current release.  2.5 is in beta test.

The CERT vendor bulletins for this bug may be found at:

ftp://info.cert.org/pub/cert_bulletins/VB-95:10.elm
ftp://info.cert.org/pub/cert_bulletins/VB-95:10a.elm

                        yours,
                                Larry Schwimmer
                                schwim () cyclone stanford edu