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Date: 12 Apr 2004 13:49:07 -0000
From: gsicht gsicht <nothing.king@...email.de>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Gnome nautilus bug

Application:  Gnome nautilus
Versions:     2.2.1 and others
Bug:          Buffer Overflow
Exploitation: unknown
Date:         12.04.04
Author:       gsicht
              e-mail: nothing.king@...email.de

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#  the bug:         #
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i discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in gnome nautilus.
i don't know many details about this overflow, but if someone is possible to create a directory with a name of 255 x A,
nautilus won't be able to handle with the directory. The creating of the directory could be possible through a ftp server.
example:
http://www.k-otik.com/exploits/08.11.0x82-wu262-advanced.c

if you delete your directory(not in a shell), you can find it in your trash. now clear it, and you'll get an error with a segmentation fault.
if you enter the directory in your trash with a double click and also do this with the next directory, you'll get a segmentation fault, too.