On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:39:54AM +0530, Sandeep Singh Kohli wrote:
Sandeep Singh Kohli> duh?
Sandeep Singh Kohli> hey raju..for the uninitiated...i know we shud get this in the
first instance..but please can u elaborate a little what it means...
Sandeep Singh Kohli> esp this part
Sandeep Singh Kohli> "The BGP decoding routines for tcpdump used incorrect bounds
checking
Sandeep Singh Kohli> when copying data."
It means exactly what it says. the BGP decoding routines in
tcpdump use incorrect array bounds checking and can be remotely exploited.
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 [vera]:
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol (RFC 1267/1771, IP)
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