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Subject: Re: [rootshell.com] Xterm DoS Attack
From: Walt (walt
ARMOUR.CX)Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 23:24:09 CDT
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Kit Knox wrote:
> /*
> *
> * 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.
> *
> * Not vulnerable: KDE konsole 0.9.11
> * Secure CRT 3.0.x
> *
Confirmed also against Eterm 0.8.10.
In fact, it took X all the way down (XFree86 4.0).
walt
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