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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:27:09 -0800
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc:        Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net>, FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: zlib security advisory 
Message-ID:  <200203122027.g2CKR9t02504@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:26:02 PST." <20020311162602.A28470@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> 

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> On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 06:59:24PM -0500, Alan Eldridge wrote:
> > FWIW RH notes several things that either have their own copy of zlib
> > that needs to be patched or that statically link and so need to be rebuil=
> t.
> >=20
> > Has anyone produced such a list for FBSD, or is it not applicable to us?
> 
> FreeBSD is not effected.  The only ports that are effected are ones that
> are run under linux emulation.

This is not entirely true; the exploit can be used as a DoS or 
disk-filling service against a FreeBSD system (either by causing the 
application to abort or generate profuse output).

-- 
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president,
or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not
only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to 
the American public.  - Theodore Roosevelt



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