Re: pine overflow

From: Rodrigo Barbosa (rodrigobat_private)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 10:47:00 PST

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    Tested with Conectiva Linux.
    
    On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 07:56:42AM -0000, Andrei Tudorache wrote:
    > Here are some tests I've made in << PINE 4.21 >>.
    
    pine-4.44L-1cl
    
    > [root@softly /root]# pine  -attach `perl -e 'print "A" x 
    > 20429'`
    > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
    > [root@softly /root]#
    
    core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file of 'pine' (signal 11), Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), from 'pine'
    
    Veredict: Vulnerable.
    
    Stupid question: Is there even a small chance of it being exploitable ?
    
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