Another Netscape Bug (and possible security hole)

[Laurent Demailly]

Ray Cromwell writes:
 > 
 > I've found a Netscape bug which I suspect is a buffer overflow and
 > may have the potential for serious damage. If it is an overflow bug,
 > then it may be possible to infect every computer which accesses a web
 > page with Netscape. To see the bug, create an html file containing
 > the following:
[...]
The sortest host length I've found to cause seg fault is 356 (yes, and
not 256, 256+100 if you prefer :))
You can have a look at http://hplyot.obspm.fr/~dl/netscapesec/ for a
'demo' (click to crash)


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