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The IRIX environment variable 'HOSTALIASES' is used in some conditions to perform name resolution. A vulnerability has been reported in the handling of this variable. If HOSTALIASES is set to a maliciously constructed value, some privileged processes which perform name resolution may crash and dump core.

The IRIX environment variable 'HOSTALIASES' is used in some conditions to perform name resolution. A vulnerability has been reported in the handling of this variable. If HOSTALIASES is set to a maliciously constructed value, some privileged processes which perform name resolution may crash and dump core.