[9577] in bugtraq
Re: Another Windows98 Bug...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barrett G. Lyon)
Mon Feb 15 01:52:44 1999
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:37:56 -0600
Reply-To: "Barrett G. Lyon" <blyon@NETPR.COM>
From: "Barrett G. Lyon" <blyon@NETPR.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <36C47246.F46B54E3@poweronline.net>
At 07:26 PM 2/12/99 +0100, you wrote:
>> Scott schrieb:
>>
>> I'm not sure about the details of this problem, but when testing
>> another buffer overflow, I created a long filename called
>> "testfile.txt
>> "
>> (note the chr(160)'s at the end) It is 235 characters in length.
>> After creating it on my desktop, I right clicked on it; explorer
>> crashed saying it caused an illegal operation. the only way I found
>> to close this was by using command.com I sent this to a friend and
>> he got the same error.
>>
Try sending a file with the oversied name attached in an email to.. say..
eudora pro or something. Watch what happens (I would backup eudora mail
before you do it).
-Barrett
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