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Re: tlug: FTP client buffer overflow [SECURITY]



On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Scott Stone wrote:

> Someone, I believe it was Christian Gafton at Redhat, found a buffer
> overflow in the standard FTP client.

Unless I'm greatly mistaken, this would only be a security risk if the ftp
client in question is suid root (does _anyone_ do that?).  Otherwise it's
only an annoying bug.

-- Chris

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