Possible root exploit in Linux povray

[luke () UTW COM (Luke)]

In the official (3.02) release of povray for linux, the s-povray binary
must be installed suid root to function (complains about not being able to
open /dev/console without it).  Giving a large filename:

$ s-povray -I`perl -e "print 'A'x1000"`

results in segfault.  Glancing over the code reveals a lot of strcpy()'s
and strcat()'s.  Dunno, need sleep now, work on exploit later if have time :)

Luke