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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:52:16 -0500
From:      Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: zlib and FreeBSD (was Re: RedHat advisory - RHSA-2002:026-35 zlib double free -- Is this 4.5-R-p1?)
Message-ID:  <20020312155216.GF94019@peitho.fxp.org>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020312102633.027e5e40@marble.sentex.ca>
References:  <20020312145337.GB35955@madman.nectar.cc> <5.1.0.14.0.20020312102633.027e5e40@marble.sentex.ca>

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On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:29:06AM -0500, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>=20
> Hi,
> Although it sounds like the bug is not exploitable on FreeBSD, is there a=
=20
> potential for a Denial of Service still with systems prior to the Feb 22=
=20
> commit?
>=20

With phkmalloc(3), normally you will just get:

progname in free(): error: chunk is already free

unless the 'A' malloc option is set, then the program will
abort(3) which could be considered a Denial of Service.

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Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org
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