FYI, [andreasf@andreasf andreasf]$ tcsh [andreasf@andreasf ~]$ setenv HOME `perl -e 'print "/" x 10000'` Aborted (core dumped) [andreasf@andreasf andreasf]$ tcsh -c 'echo $version' tcsh 6.09.00 (Astron) 1999-08-16 (i386-intel-linux) options 8b,nls,dl,al,rh,color [andreasf@andreasf andreasf]$ uname -a; cat /etc/redhat-release Linux andreasf 2.2.14-5.0 #1 Tue Mar 7 21:07:39 EST 2000 i686 unknown Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot) [andreasf@andreasf andreasf]$ gdb /bin/tcsh core [...] #3 0x804e084 in strcpy () at ../sysdeps/generic/strcpy.c:30 [...] Well, a simple s/strcpy/strncpy/g should be enough here to fix this and other potential buffer overflow problems. Best regards, Andreas Forsgren andreas.forsgrenat_private UNIX Systems Programmer Direct2Internet AB On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Felix Kronlage wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 03:01:01AM -0400, Alex wrote: > > setenv HOME `perl -e 'print "/" x 10000'` > > cd ~ > > Is anyone else able to reproduce this? I know the problem itself > > has little impact or significance, if any. But, I'm merely curious, so > > please humor me. :-) > > | [17:21:35] fkr@mad ~ $ tcsh > | mad:fkr {1} setenv HOME `perl -e 'print "/" x 10000'` > | Abort trap (core dumped) > > | [17:21:43] fkr@mad ~ $ uname -a > | OpenBSD mad 2.9 GENERIC#6 i386 > > -fkr >
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