Re: Buffer overflows in Minicom 1.80.1

From: Patrick J. Volkerding (gonzoat_private)
Date: Wed Sep 02 1998 - 09:26:12 PDT

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    On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, M.C.Mar wrote:
    > In Slackware 3.5 distribution minicom is setuid root and
    > is STILL VULNERABLE, but not easily. ;)
    
    Not any more.  It's been updated to minicom_1.81.1, and is no longer
    setuid root.  In fact, these problems were fixed a good 12 hours before
    the above message was posted.
    
    The updated package is available here:
    
    ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware-3.5/a6/minicom.tgz
    
    Fixes are also online for other reported problems with the NFS daemons and
    routed.  See ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware-3.5/ChangeLog.txt for
    more details.
    
    ---
    Patrick J. Volkerding
    Slackware Linux Project
    



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