[3195] in bugtraq
Re: Possible bufferoverflow condition in lpr, xterm and xload
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (*Unknown*)
Sun Aug 18 02:24:52 1996
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 23:37:50 +0000
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From: *Unknown* <nimrood@tester.randomc.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960815190643.10491A-100000@zap.io.org>
> I'm running XFree86 3.1.2E on a FreeBSD 2.2-960801-SNAP system...
> ``xterm -display `perl -e "print 'abcde' x 1000, ':0';"`'' causes a
> segfault (but doesn't drop a core).
I am running XFree86 as well on a Linux 2.0.7 (redhat) system.
xterm -display `perl -e "print 'a' x 2000"` caused xterm to segfault with
no core drop (notice I left off the :0 and it segfaulted). I've tried to
gain a root shell, but with no success so far.
