text_combined: aaron kulkis cmiqlkx91hotpopcom kai ponte wrote thursday 07 february 2008 044800 pm wolfgang woehl wrote freitag 8 februar 2008 randall r schulz manifestly false takes explicit vulnerability happen classic one unchecked overflow buffer given nasty application would need 1 system call remove homedir call unfair vulnerability whatever would run nasty app another story isnt saying couldnt bit overoptimistic okay ive read enough titfortat heres fact os vulnerable attack ive actually written sample buffer overflow gained rather code root access nonprivileged account right suse 93 system got code february 2005 issue linux magazine difference linux legacy oss like wintendo buffer overflow would difficult time spreading wild iirc virus released nix 97 98 quickly perished recall virus writer used patch vulnerability allowed work first place tue 05 aug 2008 175619 0500 opensuse opensuse 11