NODE 2aef82c4Netscape bug update
Ray Cromwell <rjc@clark.net>Thu, 21 Sep 95 23:26:39 PDT
I just verified in GDB using a stack trace that the Netscape overflow
bug I mentioned is indeed a static stack buffer overflow. It trashes
the stack.
What this means is that in theory, it is possible to get a simple
URL, if clicked on, to execute some code on someone's browser.
Now the hard work begins...
Happy Hacking,
-Ray
NODE c960419aRe: Netscape bug update
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>Fri, 22 Sep 95 05:27:02 PDT
I've decided that I'll pay Sameer for the shirt for Ray,
regardless.
However, if someone else produces the exploit first, they should get
one, too!
.pm
Ray Cromwell writes:
>
> I just verified in GDB using a stack trace that the Netscape overflow
> bug I mentioned is indeed a static stack buffer overflow. It trashes
> the stack.
>
> What this means is that in theory, it is possible to get a simple
> URL, if clicked on, to execute some code on someone's browser.
>
> Now the hard work begins...
>
>
> Happy Hacking,
> -Ray
>
>
NODE ca0fb635Re: Netscape bug update
"David J. Bianco" <bianco@itribe.net>Fri, 22 Sep 95 05:30:10 PDT
On Sep 22, 2:26, Ray Cromwell sent the following to the NSA's mail
archives:
> Subject: Netscape bug update
||
|| I just verified in GDB using a stack trace that the Netscape overflow
|| bug I mentioned is indeed a static stack buffer overflow. It trashes
|| the stack.
||
|| What this means is that in theory, it is possible to get a simple
|| URL, if clicked on, to execute some code on someone's browser.
||
|| Now the hard work begins...
||
This is a new feature of Netscape 2.0, part of the Java package
I believe... ;-)
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