[21612] in bugtraq
Re: Linux, too, sot of (Windows MS-DOS Device Name DoS vulnerabilities)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robin Houston)
Wed Jul 18 13:20:38 2001
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:41:54 +0100
From: Robin Houston <robin@puffinry.freeserve.co.uk>
To: Ishikawa <ishikawa@yk.rim.or.jp>
Cc: "bugtraq@securityfocus.com" <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
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In-Reply-To: <3B54A760.FEFB9844@yk.rim.or.jp>; from ishikawa@yk.rim.or.jp on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 06:00:16AM +0900
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 06:00:16AM +0900, Ishikawa wrote:
> The problem URL that caused the hung of browser,
> at least, on my PC is the following.
>
> file:///dev/pty0
>
> This locked my netscape navigator solid.
On my Mozilla 0.8.1 (linux 2.2.18 system) that didn't crash the
browser. HOWEVER, loading
file:///dev/console
prevented the keyboard from functioning until I exited Mozilla.
Of course, Mozilla can be exited using the mouse, so it isn't a
showstopper problem. But it could be very disconcerting if you
didn't realise what had happened.
.robin.
