Re: [exim-dev] buffer overflow?

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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To: Subhi S Hashwa
CC: exim-dev
Betreff: Re: [exim-dev] buffer overflow?
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, Subhi S Hashwa wrote:

> I am not a programmer, so I could be talking out of my backside
> here, going through my logfiles, I notice my /etc/group and
> /etc/services in the logfile as rejected input.


I will look at the code. Thanks for the report.

> Asking few people for advice they suggested it could be a buffer
> overflow exploit, since I am using Exim 4.50 I thought you guys
> might be interested in having a look.


I don't think it is an exploit. It is more likely to be that a buffer
hasn't been correctly initialized.

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