On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:31:38 +1000 Tarragon Allen <tarragon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tuesday 26 October 2004 10:37, infamous41md@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Subject: > > > > Debian dhcpd package. > > > > http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/dhcp > > > > It is vulnerable to the '02 format string bug. > > > > http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-12.html > > Firstly, good etiquette would have been for you to actually report the bug > with Debian. I don't see any bugs raised against any of the appropriate > packages regarding this. > I've tried contacting the person in charge of the debian security audit project numerous times to try and co-ordinate audits, and he doesn't respond. I have better things to do with my time. I don't provide notice when people disregard my emails. If you don't like, I don't care. My mother already taught me all the etiquette I need, but thanks for the moral support. Btw, is it salad fork left, or dinner fork left? > Secondly, the advisory you refer to is only mentioning DHCP 3.0+. The Debian > package you referred to is 2.0pl5. Perhaps you are referring to: > > http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/dhcp3-server > No, I gave a link to the package I was talking about. > Which is presently at 3.0.1rc9. The CERT advisory refers to 3.01 to 3.01r8 > inclusive. > > Are you saying the CERT advisory applies to other versions of DHCP? > I'm saying, grep -rn syslog * | grep -v \". Soon after I found that, I googled and found the CERT detailing a format string in logging code. I assumed it was the exact same thing I just found. I spoke with some debian person about this yesterday, or day before, and they can release an advisory to clear it up. > t > -- > http://moto-coda.org/public.gpg.key -- -sean
