bugtraq - Re: Calife heap corrupt / potential local root exploit

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Message-ID: <20040227201808.GA24705@tara.freenix.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:18:08 +0100
From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@...tia.freenix.fr>
To: Carson Gaspar <carson+bugtraq@...tos.org>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Calife heap corrupt / potential local root exploit


According to Carson Gaspar:
> This is why you shouldn't make such assumptions. Never assume someone else 
> validated your input. If you want to write secure code, assume every 

That's why I just released 2.8.6 which correct this.

I'm thankful of the problem but I'd rather been informed before it goes in the
wild.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@...tia.freenix.fr
Darwin snuadh.freenix.org Kernel Version 7.2.0: Thu Dec 11 16:20:23 PST 2003