Re: Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS98-008)

[brett () LARIAT ORG (Brett Glass)]

At 09:48 AM 7/29/98 -0400, David Kozinn wrote:

> However, the wording there says "... Eudora does not allow any unauthorized
> programs to be automatically executed on a user's system...", which seems
> to me that problem with merely receiving long filenames isn't a problem (as
> it is with the other products), but that a problem doesn't necessarily
> _not_ exist when you try to explicitly run the (bogus) attachment, as
> you've seen.

Actually, I'm not trying to "run" the bogus attachment -- just to view it.
And the GP fault I experienced was suspicious. When program memory or
the stack is overwritten with arbitrary characters, it frequently causes
a GPF.

--Brett