full-disclosure - Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

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From: madsaxon at direcway.com (madsaxon)
Subject: Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

At 10:27 AM 7/7/03 -0700, Blue Boar wrote:

>fabian.becker2@...st.de wrote:
>>If you enter C:\aux in the adressline of the IE (not EXPLORER, 
>>InternetExplorer)
>>and hit enter, the window will freeze.

>Cannot reproduce your results, at least not for my definition of 
>"freeze".  Tested on WinXP Pro with all patches and IE updates provided by 
>Windows Update.  IE simply displays a blank page.  CPU is not pegged, IE 
>functions notrmally (I can open another page from there, for example.)

Ditto for me.  XP Home, SP 1, IE 6.0.2800.1106. Just displays
normal "Cannot find server or DNS Error" page.  No CPU load or
other apparent effect.

m5x