Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:34:53 +0200 From: Marco d'Itri <md@LINUX.IT> Subject: Re: old version of host command vulnearbility To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM 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. -- ciao, Marco