full-disclosure - Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

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From: trikaliotis at ivs.cs.uni-magdeburg.de (Spiro Trikaliotis)
Subject: Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

Hello,

On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 06:25:01PM +0200, fabian.becker2@...st.de wrote:

> I found a bug in IE6 ?n Windows XP with all Service Packs and Patches installed:
> If you enter C:\aux in the adressline of the IE (not EXPLORER, InternetExplorer)
> and hit enter, the window will freeze. This bug is simmilar to C:\con\con
> but not as dagerous. But its the same reason, naimly that windows trys to
> open aux, a hardware device in earlier windows versions.
> I already sended an email to Microsoft but they said the bug wouldn't exist.

Just tried it on XP SP1 (German) with IE6, and I can confirm that this
problem exists.

Interestingly, on a Win 2000 machine with SP 3 (German, too), this problem
does not exist with IE6.

Spiro.

-- 
Spiro R. Trikaliotis, Dipl.-Inform.            
University of Magdeburg
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