full-disclosure - Work-around solution to : Apple Mac OS X Screen Saver Password Prompt Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Message-ID: <48985314-B18D-11D7-A649-000A2791707A@vt.edu>
From: rpande at vt.edu (Rishi Pande)
Subject: Work-around solution to : Apple Mac OS X Screen Saver Password Prompt Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Hello,
	With regards to the above vulnerability, I tested 3 Machines (1: G4 
450 & 2: Dual G4 1.2G) They all had the mentioned screen saver 
vulnerability.
	However, a work-around solution is if you use "Key-chain access" and 
lock screen instead of using the "hot-spot" method. The end effects are 
the same using both but the buffer overflow is avoided using the former 
method.
		Hope this helps.
							Regards,
							Rishi Pande

P.S. To get to Key Chain -
Desktop->Hard Drive->Applications->Utilities->Key-chain 
access->View->Show Status in MenuBar->Lock Screen