[516] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: Possible denial of service attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pete Harlan)
Tue Dec 12 14:32:15 1995
From: Pete Harlan <harlan@mymenus.com>
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 10:38:21 -0600 (CST)
> This concerns GNU bash, version 1.14.2(1), at least.
>
> Through accident, I've found that if you enter a twiddle (~) followed
> by about seven lines of non-space characters, BASH will consume all
I can confirm that this happens with 1.14.2(1), and that it doesn't
happen with 1.14.4(1).
Thanks for finding this---I'd been wondering where those run-amok
bashes were springing from...
--Pete Harlan
pete@mymenus.com