Re: old version of host command vulnearbility

["Marco d'Itri" <md () LINUX IT>]

On Oct 27, antirez <antirez () LINUXCARE COM> wrote:

> Old versions of the 'host' command, contain
> an exploitable buffer overflow. Sorry if this
> is already known, it seems an old problem
> but I failed searching it in the bugtraq archives.
I discovered the bug in january (maybe february?) and reported it to
the author. He fixed it in the next release, but I don't think this
vulnerability was ever announced, at least on BUGTRAQ.

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ciao,
Marco