Buffer Overflows In Sudo And efax: Critical Security Concerns

In this column, we look at buffer overflows in clanlib, efax, LibGTop, and icecast-server; and problems in sudo, at, cdrdao, Conectiva Linux's MySQL, Open UNIX and UnixWare 7 xterms, Red Hat's Secure Web Server, Mandrake's BIND, xchat, klprfax_filter, and an HP-UX denial-of-service attack.. . . In this column, we look at buffer overflows in clanlib, efax, LibGTop, and icecast-server; and problems in sudo, at, cdrdao, Conectiva Linux's MySQL, Open UNIX and UnixWare 7 xterms, Red Hat's Secure Web Server, Mandrake's BIND, xchat, klprfax_filter, and an HP-UX denial-of-service attack.

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