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Subject: Re: glibc env. vars. (again) (fwd)
From: Chris Evans (chrisferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Date: Wed May 24 2000 - 16:34:58 CDT


> Thats a glibc security hole period

I think it's safe -
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Of course when I said "safe", I mean in the context of the
write(2,...) case. MALLOC_CHECK_ should still be wrapped in
secure_getenv. Otherwise with MALLOC_CHECK_=2, users can essentially
abort() suid programs upon minor memory mismanagement

Cheers
Chris