su core dumped with signal 3. BSD/OS 3.0, 3.1

From: Ivan Aleksandrov (mailat_private)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 09:30:03 PST

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    rayd@mtelecom:~$ id
    uid=127(rayd) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel)
    rayd@mtelecom:~$ su		<------------- (I send "control symbol")
    Password:Quit (core dumped)  	
    rayd@mtelecom:~$
    
    rayd@mtelecom:~$ uname -srm
    BSD/OS 3.1 i386
    rayd@mtelecom:~$ ls -la `whereis su`
    -r-sr-xr-x  1 root  bin  2868 Jan 21  1997 /usr/bin/su*
    rayd@mtelecom:~$ ls -la su.core
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  184320 Mar 11 22:17 su.core
    
    root@mtelecom:/usr/home/rayd# gdb --core=su.core
    GDB 4.16 (i386-unknown-bsdi3.0), Copyright 1996 Free Software Foundation, 
    Inc.
    Core was generated by `su'.
    Program terminated with signal 3, Quit.
    #0  0xa004cbde in ?? ()
    
    It is a serious bug?
    Possible to write exploit? or with signal 3 it's impossible?
    
    WTF?
    
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    RAYD <mailat_private>
    RAYD-RIPN, rayd@efnet
    



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