Re: $HOME buffer overflow in SunOS 5.8 x86

From: Tohru Watanabe (tohruwat_private)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 18:01:23 PDT

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> > 0:jpmeier@sol:~> HOME=`perl -e 'print "A"x1100'` ; export HOME
> > 0:jpmeier@sol:/home/jpmeier> mail a
> > ^Cmail: Mail saved in dead.letter
> > 1:jpmeier@sol:/home/jpmeier> uname -a
> > SunOS sol 5.8 Generic_108528-04 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
> >
> >
> > also tried larger buffers.
> >
> >
> > Solaris/sparc appears not vulnerable. Maybe its an x86 bug only

It crashed our Solaris 8.

bash-2.03$ uname -a
SunOS sunserver 5.8 Generic_108528-07 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60
bash-2.03$ HOME=`perl -e 'print "A"x1100'`
bash-2.03$ export HOME
bash-2.03$ mail a
^Cmail: ERROR signal 10
mail: ERROR signal 10
mail: ERROR signal 10
mail: ERROR signal 10
mail: ERROR signal 10
mail: ERROR signal 10

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