X-Git-Url: http://git.madism.org/?p=apps%2Fmadmutt.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fmanual.sgml.head;h=df0ba2e917dc81b9ecb46e5b5894167d4479b4f3;hp=eace2afc1bb2a839601fe49445b30b832af2aca3;hb=a5b02206150dc653355cdc60286c27482b5a4f93;hpb=0f3e091d19c9ed02a522a5e8d9efc9ec725b5382 diff --git a/doc/manual.sgml.head b/doc/manual.sgml.head index eace2af..df0ba2e 100644 --- a/doc/manual.sgml.head +++ b/doc/manual.sgml.head @@ -4409,26 +4409,29 @@ mailto:joe@host?Attach=~/.gnupg/secring.gpg 1524. Mutt-ng can be set up to - variable for details.) These utilities may have security issues - like overriding arbitrary files, contain exploitable bugs or just - leak information which is a bad in combination with running them - without prompting. When using mutt-ng's autoview mechanism - involing use of mailcap files, please make sure that + variable for details.) + + These utilities may have a variety of security vulnerabilities, + including overwriting of arbitrary files, information leaks or + other exploitable bugs. These vulnerabilities may go unnoticed by + the user, especially when they are called automatically (and + without interactive prompting) from the mailcap file(s). When + using mutt-ng's autoview mechanism in combination with mailcap + files, please be sure to... - you manually select trustworthy applications with a - reasonable calling sequence + manually select trustworth applications with a reasonable + calling sequence - you check the contents of mailcap files from time to time - (for example after doing software installations/upgrades) + periodically check the contents of mailcap files, + especially after software installations or upgrades - you, if you're the system's operator, always keep the - software packages involved up-to-date + keep the software packages referenced in the mailcap file up to date - you never ever change the default value of the - variable + leave the variable in its default + state to restrict mailcap expandos to a safe set of characters @@ -4462,7 +4465,7 @@ mailbox. However, it is possible to read other mailboxes and to send messages from the command line as well. --A expand an alias +-A expand an alias -a attach a file to a message -b specify a blind carbon-copy (BCC) address -c specify a carbon-copy (Cc) address