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(Fwd) Re: Java and buffer overflows
From: "Felix Harris" <felix () cannabis net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 21:33:26 +0100
------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: Felix Harris <felix () cannabis net> To: KF <dotslash () snosoft com> Subject: Re: Java and buffer overflows Send reply to: felix () cannabis net Date sent: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 21:21:28 +0100 Date sent: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:40:07 -0400 From: KF <dotslash () snosoft com> To: felix () cannabis net Copies to: vuln-dev () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Java and buffer overflows
[root@qa5 root]# cat test.java class test { public static void main(String args[]) { String[] test = new String[4]; test[0] = "A"; test[1] = "A"; test[2] = "A"; test[3] = "A"; test[4] = "A"; test[5] = "A"; test[6] = "A"; } } [root@rcmqa5 root]# javac test.java [root@rcmqa5 root]# java test Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 4 at test.main(test.java:11)
AFAIK(and i dont know much:), that IS the bounds checking: an exception is thrown rather than a buffer being overflowed. ------- End of forwarded message --------- Felix Harris felix () cannabis net I say goodbye and raindrops taste like tears In the pouring rain I stand and die alone
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