* [9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f
@ 2003-09-20 7:19 Vester Thacker
2003-09-20 7:43 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-09-20 10:45 ` Atanas Bachvaroff
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Vester Thacker @ 2003-09-20 7:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Just in case some folks haven't read about it, an article was written
about a Plan9 exploit. The article can be found at
http://phrack.unixchicks.com/p62-0x09.txt
I found it disheartening, but interesting nonetheless. Comments?
-- Vester Thacker
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* Re: [9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f
2003-09-20 7:19 [9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f Vester Thacker
@ 2003-09-20 7:43 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-09-20 17:17 ` Dan Cross
2003-09-20 10:45 ` Atanas Bachvaroff
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Charles Forsyth @ 2003-09-20 7:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
>>I found it disheartening, but interesting nonetheless.
as far as i could tell:
- the only `buffer overflow' exploited was one in his own program
- the technique used will work on any conventional architecture that implements C;
- all he did was work out the details of Plan 9 system call conventions, rather painfully
(he could just look at the mkfile)
- he's learnt enough acid to peep at code but claims he can't find the editor
- he seems to think that factotum remembering a password he's had to give it is equivalent
to opening the door to everyone
- the author seems aggressively ignorant (fairly typical of failing students in my experience)
i'd say he's actually just trying to show off to his phellow phile-istines.
i thought it was splendid: it's written in a breathless, manic style that rushes so quickly
from each misconception to the next.
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* Re: [9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f
2003-09-20 7:43 ` Charles Forsyth
@ 2003-09-20 17:17 ` Dan Cross
2003-09-22 9:02 ` Markus Friedl
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dan Cross @ 2003-09-20 17:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I think phrack sites should attach slashdot-style discussion software to
articles. After wading through endless messages that say nothing more
than ``woot! First! lol'', Charles could post his last comment, which
gave me quite a chuckle.
- Dan C.
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* Re: [9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f
2003-09-20 17:17 ` Dan Cross
@ 2003-09-22 9:02 ` Markus Friedl
2003-09-22 12:33 ` C H Forsyth
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Markus Friedl @ 2003-09-22 9:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dan Cross; +Cc: 9fans
On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 01:17:06PM -0400, Dan Cross wrote:
> I think phrack sites should attach slashdot-style discussion software to
> articles. After wading through endless messages that say nothing more
> than ``woot! First! lol'', Charles could post his last comment, which
> gave me quite a chuckle.
but it's a hoax and it makes fun of phrack articles.
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* Re: [9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f
2003-09-22 9:02 ` Markus Friedl
@ 2003-09-22 12:33 ` C H Forsyth
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: C H Forsyth @ 2003-09-22 12:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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i don't know how i'd ever be able to tell the difference!
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From: Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>
To: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Cc: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:02:42 +0200
Message-ID: <20030922090242.GB25704@folly>
On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 01:17:06PM -0400, Dan Cross wrote:
> I think phrack sites should attach slashdot-style discussion software to
> articles. After wading through endless messages that say nothing more
> than ``woot! First! lol'', Charles could post his last comment, which
> gave me quite a chuckle.
but it's a hoax and it makes fun of phrack articles.
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* Re: [9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f
2003-09-20 7:19 [9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f Vester Thacker
2003-09-20 7:43 ` Charles Forsyth
@ 2003-09-20 10:45 ` Atanas Bachvaroff
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Atanas Bachvaroff @ 2003-09-20 10:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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On 20 Sep, Vester Thacker wrote:
> Just in case some folks haven't read about it, an article was written
> about a Plan9 exploit. The article can be found at
> http://phrack.unixchicks.com/p62-0x09.txt
>
> I found it disheartening, but interesting nonetheless. Comments?
>
> -- Vester Thacker
Blah! I've just read that crap at the url given. What I see is
misconception and ignorance plus very, very, very nice "conclusions"...
Just as expected, a kid from the crackbrained generation who read their
grandiose-hack-the-world things but no further... Several more things
come to my mind but these have no place in this mailing list.
Greetings
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