[3173] in bugtraq
Re: Possible bufferoverflow condition in lpr, xterm and xload
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander O. Yuriev)
Wed Aug 14 21:58:35 1996
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 16:07:42 -0400
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From: "Alexander O. Yuriev" <alex@bach.cis.temple.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Aug 1996 08:38:09 PDT."
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Your message dated: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 08:38:09 PDT
> I think you mean Motif. Also, there are a lot of programs that handle
> the -display option by themselves and just use the value they get to
> call XOpenDisplay(). So, don't discount anything that's not using either
> the Athena or Motif widgets.
This is incorrect. -display is handled by XtAppInitialize(), which in turn
calls XtOpenDisplay(). Application that uses standard Xt methods of
initializing toolkit never sees -display as values of argc and argv are
modified by X Toolkit. (of course one can save arc/argv[])
Best wishes,
Alex
