Re: Java and buffer overflows

From: Rafael Anschau (rhanschaat_private)
Date: Tue Jun 25 2002 - 15:41:04 PDT

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    I read in phrack that the perl interpreter will execute a progam if given a code
    like fopen("cat /etc/passwd|") (due to an internal parsing error of the character |)
    
    Java virtual machine may be vulnerable to bugs such as this one. Has anyone ever
    read anything on it ? Has anyone ever read java's VM's code ?
    
    
    []'s
    
    Woody
    
    
    > I heard thatt java is  invulnerable to bofs 
    > Has anyone succefully exploited a bof in java ?
    > 
    > []'s
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    > Woody
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    > > I was wondering if code written in JAVA(or .NET) is vulnerable to buffer overflows.
    > > If yes,what are the differences in the proccess of exploiting?
    > > Any online source?
    > > 
    > > 
    > > Thanks
    > 
    > -- 
    > Rafael Anschau
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