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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.

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ciao,
Marco