Content Checks - Global symbol "$file"

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Oct 22 00:03:55 IST 2002


Have you got an old copy of the "reports" files? One of them had "$file"
instead of "$filename".

At 23:34 21/10/2002, you wrote:
>Hi, is this something to worry about, circumvent, or fix?
>
>Content Checks: Detected Microsoft-specific exploits in g9LMIMo6004666 at
>/opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner/SweepContent.pm line 110
>Global symbol "$file" requires explicit package name at (eval 150) line 1,
><GEN60> chunk 6.
>Content Checks: Detected Microsoft-specific exploits in g9LMJpo6004772 at
>/opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner/SweepContent.pm line 110
>Global symbol "$file" requires explicit package name at (eval 162) line 1,
><GEN105> chunk 6.
>Content Checks: Detected Microsoft-specific exploits in g9LMM9o6004986 at
>/opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner/SweepContent.pm line 110
>
>It pops up on the console after starting MailScanner.
>
>Using 4-latest with FreeBSD (3 and 4) and Sendmail 8.12.6. Stuff keeps
>working, and this only happens when the Context Checks find something.
>
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