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potential chage ovf


From: marcys () FREE COM PL (m4rcyS)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:01:24 +0100


I've found that chage (+s, rh 6.1) strcpy()'s lines from /etc/passwd.
I've no sources by my hand but I think there's possibility to overflow
chage with the GECOS field ...

greetz,
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