[Full-disclosure] Python 2.5 (Modules/zlib) minigzip local buffer overflow vulnerability

Ismail Dönmez ismail at pardus.org.tr
Thu Mar 15 12:16:41 GMT 2007


On Thursday 15 March 2007 04:26:29 James Matthews wrote:
> and you would think some bugs we got rid of in open source software!

str{cpy,cat,...} which don't take an size attribute should be removed from 
standard libc, I don't see why people still insist on using this insecure 
variants.

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Ismail Donmez ismail (at) pardus.org.tr
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