Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:325 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 72741 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2003 18:29:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO carmine.bestweb.net) (209.94.102.73) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2003 18:29:41 -0000 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [216.179.71.153]) by carmine.bestweb.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC5042360A; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:29:43 -0500 (EST) To: Antony Dovgal Cc: internals@lists.php.net In-Reply-To: <20030326113944.5c6ce93b.tony2001@phpclub.net> References: <20030326112602.4479ad59.tony2001@phpclub.net> <20030326113944.5c6ce93b.tony2001@phpclub.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-ID: <1048702225.878.106.camel@hasele> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Date: 26 Mar 2003 13:10:25 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] socket_iovec_alloc segfault && security advisory From: sterling@bumblebury.com (Sterling Hughes) On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 04:39, Antony Dovgal wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 01:30:11 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) > Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > I don't see how it is in any way exploitable. > That's what I wanted to say indeed. > > IMHO it will be much better to move this extension to PECL and to > avoid such articles, having bad influence on PHP's image. Its a segfault, it will be fixed. Sockets is a standard, and atm very widely used and important extension - its not going to siberia^H^H^H^Hpecl. -Sterling > > -- > Wbr, > Antony Dovgal aka tony2001 mailto:tony2001@phpclub.net > http://phpclub.net > --- > Stand for something or you will fall for nothing. -- "The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs." - Joseph Weizenbaum