IRIX /usr/sbin/printers and /usr/bin/X11/xterm overflows

Summary
Description:two more buffer overflows for IRIX, this time in xterm and printers.
Author:David Hedley <hedley@CS.BRIS.AC.UK>
Compromise: root (local)
Vulnerable Systems:IRIX 5.x, 6.x
Date:27 May 1997
Notes:Note that David Hedley thinks the xterm problem is more general. He was able to overflow xlockmore on a FreeBSD machine. The xterm exploit post is right after the printers post below.
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