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Re: OpenVMS fingerd remote stack overflow
- To: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: OpenVMS fingerd remote stack overflow
- From: Alexander Sotirov <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:40:16 -0700
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 12:08:53AM +0100, Shaun Colley wrote:
> The MultiNet finger service runs on port 79 by default (like other finger
> servers) and takes a username to query. A long string (~250+ or so bytes)
> will cause a stack overflow, giving control of a saved return address and
> hence the program counter (PC).
Hahahaha, welcome to 1988!
Alex