Re: Buffer overflow in awk

[nilton.gs.sc () zipmail com br]

Hi,
You are right. Conectiva Linux (brazilian distro with a lot of vulnerabilities)
and RedHat are vulnerable to awk b0f.

"why find a bug in awk and exploit it ?"
To elevate privilegies!

PS: greetz keoki, <keoki () techie com>.

Best regards...
Nilton Gomes

-- Mensagem original --

> Hi,
>
> In my Debian Potato r5 and Conectiva Linux 7 it worked too!
>
> But i would ask the some thing, why find a bug in awk and exploit it ?

> 1) It isn't suid root in linux.
> 2) doesn't used in web applications
>
> Then, why exploit it ?
>
> ps.: sorry for my poor english.
>
> cheers.
>
> [ ]'s



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