[4867] in bugtraq
Re: Buffer overflow in "lpr"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andre ten Bohmer)
Tue Jul 8 18:40:51 1997
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 16:22:51 +0100
Reply-To: Andre ten Bohmer <bohmer@GOLIATH.SLS.WAU.NL>
From: Andre ten Bohmer <bohmer@GOLIATH.SLS.WAU.NL>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <31DBF6DD.1A0E@redrose.net>
At 12:52 PM 7/4/96 -0400, a42n8k9 wrote:
>This is my first post to this list, so excuse me please if I wind up
>restating the obvious.
>
>I have found a Buffer overflow condition in the lpr program. The source
>code used was from
>BSD 4.4 and tested Linux 2.0.0
Also tested Linux 2.0.30 Slackware distribution 3.0 with the same result.
The following URL (Linux Security FAQ) provides information about available
fixes:
http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/security/linux-alert/1996-November/0004.html
Cheers,
Andre
