Re: Buffer overflows in Minicom 1.80.1

[gonzo () RRNET COM (Patrick J. Volkerding)]

On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, M.C.Mar wrote:
> In Slackware 3.5 distribution minicom is setuid root and
> is STILL VULNERABLE, but not easily. ;)

Not any more.  It's been updated to minicom_1.81.1, and is no longer
setuid root.  In fact, these problems were fixed a good 12 hours before
the above message was posted.

The updated package is available here:

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware-3.5/a6/minicom.tgz

Fixes are also online for other reported problems with the NFS daemons and
routed.  See ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware-3.5/ChangeLog.txt for
more details.

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Patrick J. Volkerding
Slackware Linux Project