Re: buffer overflow in /bin/gzip?

[Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>]

Previously Guillaume Morin wrote:
> gzip runs with user privileges, therefore this is not a security
> problem.

But a fair amount of privileged programs do run gzip so it can be
a security problem. 

Wichert.

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