From 9bf2a8a84a186c4d5520d1111eb88595021cdf5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:36:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to avoid DLL hijacking. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ winsup/doc/new-features.sgml | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index a1982377a..3e231b5e4 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-08-28 Corinna Vinschen + + * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to avoid DLL + hijacking. + 2010-08-27 Corinna Vinschen * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Change to describe partial diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml index bc6caaa80..e459d5ffa 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ the Cygwin CWD is not usable as Win32 CWD. See the reworked for details. + +Make sure to follow the Microsoft security advisory concerning DLL hijacking. +See the Microsoft Security Advisory (2269637) "Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution" for details. + +