bugtraq - Re: Possible windows+python bug

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:37:09 -0700
From: Neil Schemenauer <nas-bugtraq@...trix.com>
To: liquid@...erspace.org
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Possible windows+python bug


On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 12:21:18PM -0000, liquid@...erspace.org wrote:
> Start Python and type (of course x.x.x.x should be replaced with
> IP address):
> 
> import socket
> s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_RAW,4)
> s.sendto("",("x.x.x.x",0))
> 
> Press ENTER and your win box should crash immediately.

I tested this on WinXP SP2 with Python 2.4.  The result is an
exception:

  socket.error: (10022, 'Invalid argument')

I don't have Python 2.3 installed otherwise I would test that too.

  Neil