woops!!! Re: Work-around solution to : Apple Mac OS X Screen Saver Password Prompt Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

[Rishi Pande <rpande () vt edu>]

You are right, the e-macs technique works on my I-book. I tried the 
good old "keyboard mash for 5 minutes" on the G4 desktops and that 
didn't work. I will try it again tomorrow morning.
Apologies for the incorrect info.
                                Rishi
On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 07:41  PM, petard wrote:

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> >         With regards to the above vulnerability, I tested 3 Machines (1: G4
> > 450 & 2: Dual G4 1.2G) They all had the mentioned screen saver
> > vulnerability.
> >         However, a work-around solution is if you use "Key-chain access" and
> > lock screen instead of using the "hot-spot" method. The end effects 
> > are
> > the same using both but the buffer overflow is avoided using the 
> > former
> > method.
>
> Using your method of locking the screen, my machine (G4 1GHz, 10.2.6) 
> is still
> vulnerable. I was able to get in in under 20 seconds using the emacs 
> shortcuts,
> same as before.
>
> Regards,
> petard
>
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