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Re: Buffer overflows in Minicom 1.80.1
From: woloszyn () IT PL (M.C.Mar)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 16:51:26 +0200
On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
I've tested 1.75 which comes with RH5.0, and it also crashes when TERM='aaaa....aaa'. Note that it seems to be only setgid uucp, but it's vulnerable.And an update was issued ages ago. This whole minicom thread is recycling old bugs
In Slackware 3.5 distribution minicom is setuid root and is STILL VULNERABLE, but not easily. ;) RegardZ, Kil3r -- ___________________________________________________________________________ M.C.Mar An NT server can be run by an idiot, and usually is. emsi () it pl "If you can't make it good, make it LOOK good." - Bill Gates Moze to nie miejsce, ale tak np. programy M$ to swoiste pomniki glupoty.
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