Re: [rootshell.com] Xterm DoS Attack

[gavina () CSIS GVSU EDU (gavina () CSIS GVSU EDU)]

On Thu, 1 June 2000, Kit Knox wrote:
> /*
>  *
>  * xterm Denial of Service Attack
>  * (C) 2000 Kit Knox <kit () rootshell com> - 5/31/2000
>  *
>  * Tested against: xterm (XFree86 3.3.3.1b(88b)  -- crashes
>  *                 rxvt v2.6.1 -- consumes all available memory and then
>  *                                crashes.

aterm 0.3.6 is not vulnerable.  When you cat a file containing that
string, it displays nothing.  Using a text editor, you can see the
contents.

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