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Subject: Re: [rootshell.com] Xterm DoS Attack
From: Darren Reed (avalonCOOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 07:21:53 CDT


In some mail from Kit Knox, sie said:
>
> /*
> *
> * xterm Denial of Service Attack
> * (C) 2000 Kit Knox <kitrootshell.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.

OpenWindows xterm is not vulnerable (SunOS4+)
HP-UX CDE xterm is not vulnerable

Darren