Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 15:32:25 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd and setproctitle() Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20000706152923.02a77ed0@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000706132133.04a94ad0@localhost> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061422400.28337-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc .ca> <4.3.2.7.2.20000706113724.04789470@localhost>
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At 01:28 PM 7/6/00 -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
>Thank you! I've checked 3.1, and it's OK too. Theo just wrote
>to say that he thinks the bug originated in BSD 4.4-Lite. (And,
>I guess, has been around since that time due to the wonderful
>error-encouraging nature of the C language -- Sigh.)
>
>I'm hoping that the bug was nailed prior to 2.2.8, which a number
>of sites with an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" policy are still
>running.
From a couple of internal machines,
FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE #0: Thu Aug 5 11:47:38 EDT 1999
* Save start and extent of argv for setproctitle.
setproctitle("%s", proctitle);
setproctitle("%s", proctitle);
setproctitle("%s", proctitle);
setproctitle(const char *fmt, ...)
setproctitle(fmt, va_alist)
2.2.7-STABLE #0: Mon Aug 10 09:53:43 EDT 1998
* Save start and extent of argv for setproctitle.
setproctitle("%s", proctitle);
setproctitle("%s", proctitle);
setproctitle("%s", proctitle);
setproctitle(const char *fmt, ...)
setproctitle(fmt, va_alist)
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Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400
Sentex Communications mike@sentex.net
Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net
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