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| author | Phil Pennock <pdp@exim.org> | 2012-04-28 06:04:09 -0700 |
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| committer | Phil Pennock <pdp@exim.org> | 2012-04-28 06:04:09 -0700 |
| commit | dec5017e2e41bb85d559e2b35713f1e294cdde8c (patch) | |
| tree | a8831c5e54c49d778adf7a71fda39e91b6dcd4dc | |
| parent | c7396ac5dedeca5d791113782ae72b4bb67692e3 (diff) | |
describe spool file changes for -tls_peerdn
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/README.UPDATING | 14 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index 676aa534c..03f4469af 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ NM/04 Bugzilla 1237 - fix cases where printf format usage no indicated Bug report from Lars Müller <lars@samba.org> (via SUSE), Patch from Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com> +PP/13 tls_peerdn now print-escaped for spool files. + Observed some $tls_peerdn in wild which contained \n, which resulted + in spool file corruption. + Exim version 4.77 ----------------- diff --git a/src/README.UPDATING b/src/README.UPDATING index 3ee3035e9..1eb36277e 100644 --- a/src/README.UPDATING +++ b/src/README.UPDATING @@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ The rest of this document contains information about changes in 4.xx releases that might affect a running system. +Exim version 4.78 +----------------- + + * The value of $tls_peerdn is now print-escaped when written to the spool file + in a -tls_peerdn line, and unescaped when read back in. We received reports + of values with embedded newlines, which caused spool file corruption. + + If you have a corrupt spool file and you wish to recover the contents after + upgrading, then lock the message, replace the new-lines that should be part + of the -tls_peerdn line with the two-character sequence \n and then unlock + the message. No tool has been provided as we believe this is a rare + occurence. + + Exim version 4.77 ----------------- |