Re: format strings vulns in /bin/login and /usr/bin/passwd

[flatline <flatline () blackhat nl>]

At 05:41 PM 26-01-2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >There is also a few other on other programs but i thought these 2 would 
> be most important since passwd >is suid and login could be exploited 
> remotly. I am not very experianced in format strings any >help/commets 
> would be great. Would these be able to get exploited?
>
> > i'm not sure what utility you used to find those "vulns", but i think 
> > that author should have his head examined, or perhaps you're just too 
> > ignorant to know how to properly work it. there are *no* format string 
> > vulnerabilities in the files you reported. the lack of a format specifier 
> > does *not* implicate bad code. printf("you are dumb"); is perfectly legal ..

> Ugh. Let me translate this into adult for you.

UGH. they are not exploitable because *THEY ARE NOT BUGS*


> "No, I don't believe they are exploitable."
>
> m5x
>
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