Re: [cobalt-security] Truncating oversized request field

["Paul Gillingwater" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robbert Hamburg <rhamburg@xxxxxx> said:

> this is what i get from my cron.daily report since a few days.
> 
> Cron <root@www> run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> Warning: Truncating oversized request field
> Warning: Truncating oversized request field
> Warning: Truncating oversized request field
> Warning: Truncating oversized request field
> 
> Is this indicating unwanted activities ?? Like hackers? or is this something
> else ? I hope someone can help me to resolve this issue !
> If more information is needed please let me know.

I've seen this often from Webalizer.  Nothing to worry about, 
although you might want to check your web logs for extremely
long lines, as it can be an indication of a buffer overflow.
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