Re: Securax Security Advisory: Windows98 contains a serious buffer overflow with long filenameextensions.

[dufresne () WINTERNET COM (Ron DuFresne)]

On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Bob Fiero wrote:

> I attempted to test this on two systems and could not produce any problems
> at all handling the file created with the batch file command supplied. I am
> running Win98 Lite (Internet Explorer and Outlook stripped out, with the
> Win95 explore.exe as the shell for increased security, reliability, and
> performance).
>
> I use Eudora, which you claim will crash if you attach this file to a
> message. Can you send me an example, and I'll let you know what if anything
> happens?

Your having stripped Internet Explorer and/or dropping in Win95
explore.exe might well be what has caused ths to not function on your end.

Course, my interest is in what you did to strip out Internet Explorer, it
was my understanding that doing so broked much of the OS....

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne
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