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Date:         Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:31:31 +0200
From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@TPI.PL>
Subject:      xfs
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM

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Due to improper input validation (NULL pointer occours on strcpy()), any
user may crash X fontserver under RedHat 6.x, causing effective DoS for
whole X server :)

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Michal Zalewski [lcamtuf@tpi.pl] [tp.internet/security]
[http://lcamtuf.na.export.pl] <=--=> bash$ :(){ :|:&};:
=-----=> God is real, unless declared integer. <=-----=

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