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Slackware Information for VU#542971
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| Status Summary: | Vulnerable |
Vendor StatementNo statement is currently available from the vendor regarding this vulnerability.Vendor InformationThe vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
AddendumSlackware changelogs reflect patches to glibc libraries:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/ChangeLog.txt
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/ChangeLog.txt
Tue Jul 30 19:45:52 PDT 2002
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(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/glibc-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz: Patched to fix a buffer overflow
in glibc's DNS resolver functions that look up network addresses.
Another workaround for this problem is to edit /etc/nsswtich.conf changing:
networks: files dns
to:
networks: files
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/glibc-solibs-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz: Patched to fix a buffer
overflow in glibc's DNS resolver functions that look up network addresses.
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