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Re: [Full-Disclosure] ltrace bug
- To: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] ltrace bug
- From: Jirka Kosina <jikos@jikos.cz>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 01:58:57 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Abhisek Datta wrote:
> A heap based buffer overrun bug is identified in ltrace 'Library Call
> Tracer' utility version 0.3.10-12 which allows execution of arbitrarty
> code with root privilage by corrupting the heap.
I don't see any way how this bug could allow execution of code with root
privileges, as far as ltrace is not suid root.
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JiKos.
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