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Re: OpenVMS fingerd remote stack overflow
From: Alexander Sotirov (alex
sotirov.net)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2008 - 12:40:16 CDT
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On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 12:08:53AM +0100, Shaun Colley wrote:
> The MultiNet finger service runs on port 79 by default (like other finger
> servers) and takes a username to query. A long string (~250+ or so bytes)
> will cause a stack overflow, giving control of a saved return address and
> hence the program counter (PC).
Hahahaha, welcome to 1988!
Alex
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