Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:45:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Local FreeBSD, Openbsd, NetBSD, DoS Vulnerability - Mac OS X affected Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006142340120.34311-100000@achilles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20000614174706.F78775@closed-networks.com>
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, User Datagram Protocol wrote: > Eww. What a lame DoS attack. > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 08:41:53AM -0300, Ussr Labs wrote: > > an unpriviledged user can panic the kernel. Quick and dirty testing > > > ... > > Big deal. So what do we do about it? Implement per-process mbuf usage limits? > Eww. Good news. Jonathan Lemon committed the mbuf wait MFC to the 3 branch a few days ago, so we can now simply tell people to cvsup if they're worried about someone trying a mbuf exhaustion on them. (Granted, the handling of such an attack isn't perfect for all cases, but the panic is gone.) Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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