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Re: [bug-gettext] intl: Proof against invalid offset/length


From: Florian Weimer
Subject: Re: [bug-gettext] intl: Proof against invalid offset/length
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:10:09 +0100
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On 03/20/2015 02:06 AM, Daiki Ueno wrote:

> I agree.  Now that intl/ is almost[1] synchronized with gettext, what's
> blocking this?  I'm happy to include the patch in the upcoming gettext
> release so non-glibc consumers also benefit from it.

The patch will use getauxval(AT_SECURE) or __libc_enable_secure (or
issetuugid on other systems, but which I cannot test).  It is not going
to be very portable.

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security



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