Sharutils buggy?

[full-disclosure () lists netsys com (Peter Bieringer)]

--On Tuesday, July 16, 2002 01:24:30 AM +0200 martin f krafft
<madduck () madduck net> wrote:

> I'd like to get some educated thoughts and opinions on a recently
> found potential bug:
>
>   http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?lang=en&id=ae-200205-037
>   http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/4742
>   http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?lang=en&id=ae-200205-049
>   http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?lang=en&id=ae-200204-033
>   http://bugs.debian.org/149454
>   http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083

One additial memo:

The original advisory and afaik the fixed version from RHL still not
metioned that devices also are candidates for overwriting.

Think about

begin 666 /dev/hda
...


        Peter