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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:29:05 -0500
From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net>
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Subject: Only linux-emulation-based ports are affected by zlib advisory.
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I just got a clarification on the stable list I'll pass along:

Paraphrasing:

Only those ports which run under linux-emulation are possibly vulnerable.
Native ports are *not* vulnerable due to a difference in the way our malloc(3)
is implemented.

-- 
Alan Eldridge
"Dave's not here, man."

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