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Vulnerability Development: Re: mIRC Buffer Overflow

Re: mIRC Buffer Overflow

From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar_at_thievco.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 14:07:15 -0800

Krish Ahya wrote:
>
> Why would you release an exploit for this hole if currently there are no
> security patches for it? Do you know how many people run mIRC? Most of which
> know nothing about even how they got online! My prediction is that several
> machines are going to get compromised due to this.

Did you read the page he referenced, where he indicates that he
contacted the vendor in October, and they declined to make any changes?
http://www.uuuppz.com/research/adv-001-mirc.htm

                                        BB
Received on Feb 03 2002

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