Re: [RHSA-2000:087-02] Potential security problems in ping fixed.

["van der Kooij, Hugo" <Hugo.van.der.Kooij () CAIW NL>]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Joe Laffey wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 bugzilla () REDHAT COM wrote:
>
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >                    Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
> >
> > Synopsis:          Potential security problems in ping fixed.
> > Advisory ID:       RHSA-2000:087-02
> > Issue date:        2000-10-17
> > Updated on:        2000-10-18
> > Product:           Red Hat Linux
> > Keywords:          ping buffer overflows
>
> [SNIP]
> > 2. Relevant releases/architectures:
> >
> > Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386, alpha, sparc
> > Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386
> > Red Hat Linux 7.0J - i386
>
> [snip]
>
> Does this apply to 6.0 as well?

As a rule of thumb:
Any fix for 6.x is for all version of 6.x So if one is announced for 6.2
you should considere 6.0 and 6.1 as suspect as well.

Hugo.

--
Hugo van der Kooij; Oranje Nassaustraat 16; 3155 VJ  Maasland
hvdkooij () caiw nl     http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~hvdkooij/
--------------------------------------------------------------
Quoting this tagline is illegal! (http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html)