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Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (System Administrator)
Thu Sep 14 10:57:01 1995
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 14:54:18 +0100
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@CRIMELAB.COM>
From: System Administrator <root@iifeak.swan.ac.uk>
X-To: Karl Strickland <karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@CRIMELAB.COM>
In-Reply-To: <199509131755.SAA02456@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> from "Karl
Strickland" at Sep 13, 95 06:55:10 pm
> > > As for vulnerability, I believe both FreeBSD and Linux have fixes
> > > available.
> > libc4.7.2 fixed it in May.
> Hmm I cant find any libc4.7.2 for FreeBSD, so I'm a confused as to
> which libc you mean.
The Linux libc. Sorry that was a rather confusing answer.I don't know the
state of the BSD fixes.
> First I've heard of libc4.7.2; but given that it was fixed in there in May,
> was anyone else alerted to the presence of a bug so that other OS's could
> be checked?
I don't know. It was only after the 8lgm report that I looked at the Linux
libc log to find a fix logged. The log doesnt give any impression it was
considered a security fix just a routine tidy up.
Alan
