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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:33:10 -0500
From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@...meister.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: GHOST gethostbyname() heap overflow in glibc
	(CVE-2015-0235)

Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@...il.com> wrote:
 
> If I was supposed to cry alarm, I would have to cry alarm every time
> there is a buffer overflow in glibc, which doesn't seem very useful.

How about a general guideline along the lines of "if the commit message
says it fixes a vulnerability, reference the CVE; if no CVE can be
found, request one"?

-Jan

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