From owner-freebsd-security Mon Mar 11 13:16:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from rain.macguire.net (sense-sea-MegaSub-1-125.oz.net [216.39.144.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0617E37B404 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:16:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from roo@localhost) by rain.macguire.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2BLEg982979; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:14:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roo) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:14:42 -0800 From: Benjamin Krueger To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zlib overflow problem? Message-ID: <20020311131442.D77202@rain.macguire.net> References: <00d601c1c941$56be3dd0$3028680a@tgt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <00d601c1c941$56be3dd0$3028680a@tgt.com>; from veldy@veldy.net on Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:11:39PM -0600 X-PGP-Key: http://www.macguire.net/benjamin/public_key.asc 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 * Thomas T. Veldhouse (veldy@veldy.net) [020311 13:10]: > Does the new zlib overflow bug affect FreeBSD as well? > > Reference http://news.com.com/2100-1001-857008.html > > I think that it would. > > Tom Veldhouse > veldy@veldy.net The above problem is believed to originate in the glibc library. FreeBSD does not use glibc, and thus should not be affected. Don't Panic. =) -- Benjamin Krueger "From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it." - Groucho Marx ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message