Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 23:54:49 -0500 From: Dan Cross <tenser@spitfire.ecsel.psu.edu> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patches for 2.1.6-RELEASE locale stuff... Message-ID: <19970204045449.1526.qmail@spitfire.ecsel.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Feb 1997 15:38:46 %2B1100." <Pine.BSF.3.91.970204153722.2570G-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
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> Thanks for all the work you are putting in on this. No problem, this is the most interesting thing that I've been involved with in days. :-) > One thing I'm not > sure of is the impact this has on static binaries. Can you please > clarify this, possibly to freebsd-security. Well, staticly linked binaries are just as vulnerable to attack as dynamically linked ones. The problem is two fold with staticly linked binaries, however, since recompiling the libraries is not enough to fix the problem, one must also recompile the staticly linked binaries and link them against the patched libraries. Hope this helps! (cc'ed to security@freebsd.org as requested.) - Dan C.
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