Re: Java and buffer overflows

[Rafael Anschau <rhanscha () terra com br>]

I read in phrack that the perl interpreter will execute a progam if given a code
like fopen("cat /etc/passwd|") (due to an internal parsing error of the character |)

Java virtual machine may be vulnerable to bugs such as this one. Has anyone ever
read anything on it ? Has anyone ever read java's VM's code ?


[]'s

Woody


> I heard thatt java is  invulnerable to bofs 
> Has anyone succefully exploited a bof in java ?
>
> []'s
>
> Woody
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> > I was wondering if code written in JAVA(or .NET) is vulnerable to buffer overflows.
> > If yes,what are the differences in the proccess of exploiting?
> > Any online source?
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> >
> > Thanks
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> -- 
> Rafael Anschau