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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 03:15:48 -0800
From: Qualys Security Advisory <qsa@...lys.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: const@...elinux.com
Subject: Re: workaround for GHOST glibc vulnerability
CVE-2015-0235
On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 11:30:13AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Why don't you hook gethostbyname? I'm not sure if gethosybyname is
> implement in terms of gethostbyname_r. (The call stacks I have suggest
> it isn't.)
Actually, gethostbyname() calls gethostbyname_r(), but before it does,
it calls the vulnerable function __nss_hostname_digits_dots(), so you're
right, this would still be exploitable.
With best regards,
--
the Qualys Security Advisory team
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