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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:08:56 +0200
From: Agostino Sarubbo <ago@...too.org>
To: Tavis Ormandy <taviso@...gle.com>
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, Assign a CVE Identifier <cve-assign@...re.org>
Subject: Re: Re: jasper: memory allocation failure in jas_malloc (jas_malloc.c)
On Tuesday 25 October 2016 12:13:44 Tavis Ormandy wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the concern here. Isn't it usually expected
> that the administrator configures appropriate ulimits, and the code
> should just handle allocation failure gracefully?
>
> If we are considering *not* implementing arbitrary hardcoded limits a
> security problem, that seems like a significant change in software
> design philosophy (I've heard it called the zero-one-infinity rule
> before).
>
> Tavis.
Tavis,
more or less I agree with you, but since time ago I saw that similar bugs
reveiced a CVE, I thought that these type of bugs could interest the community
and them I'm sharing them.
If I'm not mistaken, CWE-789 covers these type of bugs.
--
Agostino
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