Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] gcc 3.5 fixes | From | Jesse Stockall <> | Date | Mon, 05 Jul 2004 23:51:08 -0400 |
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On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 21:16, Mark Adler wrote: > > It's not about the copyright. I like the string kept in the object > code so that I and others can find out where the code is used and what > version is in use. This in fact turned out to be useful when a > security vulnerability was found in versions 1.1.3 and earlier and a > script could search for executables with the offending code. >
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> " inflate 1.1.3 Copyright 1995-1998 Mark Adler "
Did I miss something or are you saying that the version in the kernel has a security vulnerability?
Jesse
-- Jesse Stockall <stockall@magma.ca>
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