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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:51:53 +0300
From: "Andrew L. Neporada" <andr@dgap.mipt.ru>
To: Lev Walkin <vlm@netli.com>
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On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 11:45:21PM -0800, Lev Walkin wrote:
> Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 11:17:27PM +0300, Andrew L. Neporada wrote:
> >
> >>Is it true that (dynamic) binaries are vulnerable if and only if they are
> >>linked with libssl.so.3, not with libcrypt or libcrypto?
> >
> >
> >Yes, the bug is in libssl.
> 
> 
> No, the libssl library might as well be compiled in statically into an
> otherwise dynamic binary. So, if a dynamic binary is not linked with
> libssl.so.*, it isn't a reliable indicator of a vulnerability.

Hmm... But threre is no such dynamic libraries in FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x base
install, right?

> 
> 
> -- 
> Lev Walkin
> vlm@netli.com

				Andrew.