Reproduced with 5.6.1/win95. On Mon, 17 May 2004, Oliver@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 22:23:56 +0200 > From: "Oliver@xxxxxxxxxx" <Oliver@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Buffer Overflow in ActivePerl ? > > hi folks, > > i played around with ActiveState's ActivePerl for Win32, and crashed > Perl.exe with the following command: > > perl -e "$a="A" x 256; system($a)" > > I wonder if this bug isnt known?!? Because system() is a very common > command.... > Can anybody reproduce this? > > I put together a little advisory on my website, including version > information and a debugger output (Drwatson): > > http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/ActivePerlSystemBOF.txt > > > PS: Due to travel activity, i will not be able to respond to mails > within the next 8 days! > > Regards, > > Oliver >
