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Date:      Tue, 23 Apr 1996 20:42:05 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        freebsd@bcl.com
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CA-95:13 syslog problem
Message-ID:  <199604231842.UAA16875@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <199604230830.JAA04756@mitre.bcl.com> from FreeBSD Manager at "Apr 23, 96 09:27:44 am"

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It seems that FreeBSD Manager said:
> Can anyone confirm if FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE is vulnerable to the 
> syslog problem as described in CERT advisory CA-95:13 and if so the 
> current state/location of a patch to solve this problem.

2.1.0-RELEASE is *not* vulnarable. 

It was fixed in CURRENT:
------------------------------------------------------------
revision 1.4
date: 1995/09/15 13:53:39;  author: peter;  state: Exp;  lines: +86 -18
Fix security bugs with a "new approach", using stdio's powerful buffer
control hooks.
It is similar to an unrolled multi-part snprintf(), in that a "FILE *" is
attached to a string buffer.  There is also an optimisation for the case
where the syslog format string does not contain %m, which should improve
performance of "informational" logging, like from ftpd.
------------------------------------------------------------

the imported into 2.1-STABLE which become 2.1.0-RELEASE:
------------------------------------------------------------
revision 1.2.4.2                                <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
date: 1995/09/26 07:54:51;  author: davidg;  state: Exp;  lines: +86 -18
Brought in changes from main branch: security fixes.
------------------------------------------------------------

RCS file: /spare/FreeBSD-current/src/lib/libc/gen/syslog.c,v
Working file: syslog.c
head: 1.8
branch:
locks: strict
access list:
symbolic names:
        RELENG_2_1_0_RELEASE: 1.2.4.3           <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
        RELENG_2_1_0: 1.2.0.4

The difference between 1.2.4.2 and 1.2.4.3 is a fix of the security fix :-)

2.0.5-RELEASE is vulnerable.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT    -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-    roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #13: Sun Apr 21 18:14:54 MET DST 1996



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