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Re: login v6 ???

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ALEXANDER SCHUETZ)
Wed Aug 7 15:56:08 1996

Date: 	Wed, 7 Aug 1996 12:47:54 +0200
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
From: ALEXANDER SCHUETZ <antitrck@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.LNX.3.91.960804001007.23451I-100000@underground.org>

On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Aleph One wrote:

> Both the V6 login and one of the (many) rdist bugs are examples of data
> layout that can be abused.


Has anybody posted the login v6 bug? What is it about exactly?  Can one
post an exploit?


>
> >No, I don't remember the exact character string to enter ...    ;-)
>
>
> I'm pretty sure it was something like "password<encrypted password string>"
>

??? how would this, in my right mind, exploit something?


        Gizme a clue, someone. Sometimes I gotta admit I get clueless :)

Later

                Alex

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