Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:55:40 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: wdmgds <wdmgds@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *bsd crashes/freezes/hangs on local user xploit Message-ID: <37D9704C.CE395DC4@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSI.4.10.9909101717140.1525-100000@xs3.xs4all.nl>
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wdmgds wrote:
>
> Dear /etc
>
> compile this code snipplet and wheep ...
> it crashed and mutilated our 227 and 3x boxen..
> BSDi4 just freezes a couple of seconds,
It nailed 3.1-RELEASE on (I think) the 4th trip through the while loop, on
the first write. I can't test on my -CURRENT or -STABLE machines, they're
both being used at the moment.
Nothing about the code looks nefarious. Are we just creaming buffer space
in a nasty way?
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://softweyr.com/ wes@softweyr.com
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