Security hole in gnu-win32-gcc

Mikey jeffdbREMOVETHIS@netzone.com
Thu Sep 11 00:49:00 GMT 1997


Happens even on NT if system isn't configured for C2 security.

+10% security -20% speed

Don't you love Bill?

On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 02:28:54 +0200 (METDST), you wrote:

>Hi Daniel, you wrote:
>
>: I discovered a security hole in cygnus gnu-win32 gcc: Obviously,
>: allocated ram is not initialised. The generated binaries thus contain
>
>W95 only. Shouldn't happen under NT, else it wouldn't be C2 certified.
>
>
>Bye, Heribert (dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de)
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