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- Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 19:31:59 PDT
- From: HIGH TIMES <hight1mez@HOTMAIL.COM>
- To: BUGTRAQ@netspace.org
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- The A-TEAM Presents...
- Date: 10/10/98
- Advisory#: 01
- Author: JOHN BISSELL <hight1mez@hotmail.com>
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- There is a big security problem in America OnLine 4.x which allows
- anybody to remotely crash AOL 4.x software by sending Email which AOL
- software does not know how to handle and thus causes an invalid page
- fault in module AOLRICH.AOL!
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- The exploit in essence is too send a email message to a America OnLine
- user with a [ background ] image that has a 255 character name. This
- could be created in America OnLine's own Email message composer or
- perhaps in a Email program that allows HTML formatting. There might be
- potential for remote execution of unauthorized code.
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- America OnLine 4.x software does a good job by warning the user before
- opening the Email message that the evil message sent contains a picture
- that could cause trouble for the reader.
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- NOTE: I have notifyed AOL about this problem so they should address
- this issue very soon. hopefully!
-
- HI THERE ADAM NANCE!
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