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Openware.org IE Fix - Warning


From: Thierry <Thierry () Sniff-em com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:25:48 +0100


According to Heise
(http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/dab-19.12.03-002/)

The Openware.org IE fix introduces new flaws :

- The buffer to copy URL's is limited to 256 bytes
- Larger strings produce a buffer overflow, with possibility to
  overwrite the stack.

BoF Test :
http://www.heise.de/security/dienste/browsercheck/demos/ie/e5_18.shtml
(at the bottom, link entitled "TEST DES PATCHES")

  

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Best regards,
 Thierry                          mailto:Thierry () Sniff-em com

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