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Re: [rootshell.com] Xterm DoS Attack

From: avalon () COOMBS ANU EDU AU (Darren Reed)
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 22:21:53 +1000


In some mail from Kit Knox, sie said:


/*
 *
 * xterm Denial of Service Attack
 * (C) 2000 Kit Knox <kit () rootshell com> - 5/31/2000
 *
 * Tested against: xterm (XFree86 3.3.3.1b(88b)  -- crashes
 *                 rxvt v2.6.1 -- consumes all available memory and then
 *                                crashes.


OpenWindows xterm is not vulnerable (SunOS4+)
HP-UX CDE xterm is not vulnerable

Darren

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