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Re: RPC bug

Gilbert,

>Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:35:45 -0600 (CST)
>From: Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RPC bug

The above message contained the following:

> I haven't seen this on on here yet, so here goes: there is a CERT
> advisory, CA-2003-10, re: buffer overflow in the RPC libraries,
> affecting Sun and other vendors. It isn't clear whether there are
> exploits currently, but this may have a wide impact. 
> 
> Looks like there will be lots of work to do, esp. remaking static
> applications...does this affect the LDM?

Offhand, I don't know.  Send me a URL and I'll take a look.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>

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