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Re: CVE-2008-1391 - Multiple BSD Platforms "strfmon()" Function Integer Overflow

From: Adrian Portelli (adrianpstindustries.net)
Date: Sun Apr 06 2008 - 17:01:28 CDT


Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2008.04.06 12:47:11 -0700, stheg olloydson wrote:
>
>> According to the information at mitre.org, both 6.x and 7.0 are
>> vulnerable. I see in NetBSD's CVS log for
>> src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, they have patched this on March
>> 27.
>
> Note that the change in NetBSD is possibly incomplete to fix the
> issue. I'm not sure what the final conclusion was on that.
>

The final conclusion was a subsequent commit on the 27th:

http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=netbsd-source-changes&a=2008-03&m=6750722
http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=netbsd-source-changes&a=2008-03&m=6846592

We're still in the process of getting the changes pulled up.

adrian.
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