From agent99@sgi.com Tue Dec 2 18:42:16 2003 From: SGI Security Coordinator To: agent99@sgi.com Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.announce, comp.security.unix, comp.sys.sgi.admin, comp.security.announce Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:22:29 -0800 Subject: [Full-Disclosure] do_brk() vulnerability on SGI Altix systems -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI Security Advisory Title : do_brk() vulnerability on SGI Altix systems Number : 20031201-01-A Date : December 2, 2003 Reference : Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2003:389-07, CAN-2003-0961, SGI BUG 901346 Fixed in : SGI ProPack v2.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI provides this information freely to the SGI user community for its consideration, interpretation, implementation and use. 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