Debian Security Advisory

talkd -- talkd does not check hostname length

Date Reported:
27 Jan 1997
Affected Packages:
netstd
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
No other external database security references currently available.
More information:

CERT Advisory CA-97.04.talkd excerpt:

This bug was fixed in Linux NetKit 0.08 which is shipped with all reasonably up to date Linux distributions.

The Linux community would like to thank David A Holland for his continuing work on Linux network security.

Fixed in:
All - (in release 1.3)