Re: Call for testing: elftoolchain tools

From: Allan Jude <allanjude_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:21:53 -0500
On 2014-12-18 15:02, Ed Maste wrote:
> On 18 December 2014 at 11:53, Pedro Giffuni <pfg_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
>> test the tools with a fuzzer like security/afl
> 
> Yes, a very good idea, especially for strings(1) given the way it is
> often used. I've already found a strings crash with afl.
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I cam across this not that long ago:

http://lcamtuf.blogspot.ca/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html

Our strings didn't crash with his proof of concept, but there may be
other similar bugs

-- 
Allan Jude


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