Re: [cobalt-security] libc resolver issue

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

MS> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:37:06 +0200
MS> From: Michael Stauber


MS> Yeah, that's sad but true. Well, how do we find out what's
MS> linked against it and might be affected, too? :o/

Unless you have the Makefile, it's difficult.

Once in a rare while, one can inspect the ELF symbol tables for
certain function calls.  However, extraneous symbols usually are
stripped from the binaries.  (I _always_ run "strip" on a binary
unless there's a darned good reason NOT to.)


Eddy
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