Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 02:26:51 +0100 From: Sune Stjerneby <sst@vmunix.dk> To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: zlib overflow problem? Message-ID: <20020312022651.A14838@fnyx.vmunix.dk> In-Reply-To: <00e101c1c942$b6bfeb60$3028680a@tgt.com>; from veldy@veldy.net on Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:21:30PM -0600 References: <00d601c1c941$56be3dd0$3028680a@tgt.com> <20020311131442.D77202@rain.macguire.net> <00e101c1c942$b6bfeb60$3028680a@tgt.com>
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:21:30PM -0600, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > Where did you see that information. I can not verify your statement. > > Here is the RedHat posting. They don't even mention any changes or updates > to glibc. The zlib bug is an issue on Linux-systems due to the brokeness of glibc malloc. There aren't any changes or updates to glibc because this specific issue was resolved within zlib; fixing the double free(), which causes a warning on most systems but trouble on glibc-systems. -- Sune Stjerneby <sst@vmunix.dk> - Part of an RFC 1876-compliant network. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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