Alleged libstdc++ vulnerabilities

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 14 August 2015 at 18:55, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 14 August 2015 at 18:49, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> Does anybody know what this is about and can point to the relevant PRs?
>>
>> “discovered serious security bugs in […] libstdc++”
>>
>> <http://www.news.gatech.edu/2015/08/13/georgia-tech-finds-11-security-flaws-popular-internet-browsers-using-new-analysis-method>
>>
>> The USENIX paper
>> <https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity15/sec15-paper-lee.pdf>
>> does not back up this claim.
>
> The paper abstract says "discovered 11 previously unknown security vulnera-
> bilities: nine in GNU libstdc++ and two in Firefox, all of which have
> been confirmed and subsequently fixed by vendors. "
>
> I guess they are referring to https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63345

And FWIW most of the "fixes" they suggested were just nonsense.