Re: vi buffer overflow

[Matias Sedalo <s0t4ipv6 () shellcode com ar>]

linux slackware 7.1, VIM - version 5.8.3

c0d4:~$ vim `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'`
vim: Symbol `ospeed' has different size in shared object, consider 
re-linking
Vim: Double signal, exiting
c0d4:~$ uname -a
Linux c0d4 2.2.19 #7 Wed Nov 7 06:54:37 ARST 2001 i586 unknown


Matias Sedalo.
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On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Emmanuel BENOIT wrote:

> It seems that this bug has been fixed with vim 6.0 (even in alpha versions) :
>
> tseeker@abboth:~$ uname -a
> Linux abboth 2.4.10 #1 Wed Oct 3 13:58:10 CEST 2001 i686 unknown
> tseeker@abboth:~$ vim --version
> VIM - Vi IMproved 6.0y ALPHA (2001 Mar 18, compiled Aug  6 2001 22:24:10)
> [...]
> tseeker@abboth:~$ vim `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'`
> [ The editors opens with 'Illegal file name' in its status line ]
>
> Kaneda Akira wrote:
> > on Redhat 7.0 (VIM 5.7.8)
> > # vi `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'`
> > Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV
> > Vim: Finished.
> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > # uname -a
> > Linux riven 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
> > #