From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jan 16 16: 7:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from citusc17.usc.edu (citusc17.usc.edu [128.125.38.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1983F37B400 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:07:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kris@localhost) by citusc17.usc.edu (8.11.6/8.11.4) id g0H05p005962; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:05:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:05:50 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Buliwyf McGraw Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gets() is unsafe (fwd) Message-ID: <20020116160550.A5927@citusc17.usc.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from buliwyf@libertad.univalle.edu.co on Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 08:56:40AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 08:56:40AM -0500, Buliwyf McGraw wrote: > > > No, this is a FAQ; it's a bug in the linker which causes it to trip > > > every single _warn_references() in the library when it links to libc, > > > regardless of whether the program actually uses the functions in > > > question. > I expected no problems... but as you can see, the warning messages give > an "insecure" sensation. > I want to do something to avoid that messages when i try to compile a GNU > application. > Thanks for your comments and help. I've already told you that this situation is a bug in the toolchain and not a security problem. Kris --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8RhVeWry0BWjoQKURAqPLAKCIpWbPPO7vwVYXueYwPOtC0g6CBwCbBDEw 6usms2hzou8RPtYarjYLpyY= =lPxU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message