full-disclosure - Re: incorrect integer conversions in OpenSSL can result in memory corruption.

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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:07:46 -0500
From: Douglas Huff <mith@...obdobbs.org>
To: Benjamin Kreuter <ben.kreuter@...il.com>
Cc: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: incorrect integer conversions in OpenSSL can
	result in memory corruption.

On Apr 19, 2012, at 9:32, Benjamin Kreuter <ben.kreuter@...il.com> wrote:
> Correct me if I am wrong, but shouldn't this only be a problem on
> systems where a size_t is wider than an int i.e. not on 32 bit systems?

No because size_t is unsigned. Some attacks would rely on being 64 like he stated, but not all.

-- 
Douglas Huff
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