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Re: GHOST gethostbyname() heap overflow in glibc (CVE-2015-0235)


From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma () netmeister org>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:33:10 -0500

Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov () gmail com> wrote:
 
If I was supposed to cry alarm, I would have to cry alarm every time
there is a buffer overflow in glibc, which doesn't seem very useful.

How about a general guideline along the lines of "if the commit message
says it fixes a vulnerability, reference the CVE; if no CVE can be
found, request one"?

-Jan

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