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Re: CERT Advisory CA-2002-19 Buffer Overflow in Multiple DNS Resolver Libraries



sen_ml@eccosys.com writes:

> I see a claim that glibc isn't vulnerable at:
>
>   http://www.kb.cert.org/CERT_WEB/vul-notes.nsf/id/AAMN-5BMSW2
>
> Any comments?

GNU libc in its current version does contain incorrect code from BIND
4.9.  It is vulnerable, though not in the way initially described by
PINE-CERT.  However, most vendors (including, for example, OpenBSD)
have fixed the same vulnerability while adressing the main issues
raised by PINE-CERT.

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Florian Weimer 	                  Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE
University of Stuttgart           http://CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE/people/fw/
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