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Re: Linux login buffer overflow
From: daveg () ESCAPE COM (Dave G.)
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 16:46:18 -0500
After a quick look through, this doesnt look too dangerous. I doubt someone could get it to exec a shell. Same reason why rlogin was unexploitable, main never returns, only exits. However, it is still a potential problem, just not another return address overwrite. Dave G. <daveg () escape com> http://www.escape.com/~daveg
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