From owner-freebsd-security Tue May 26 08:39:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA17435 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Tue, 26 May 1998 08:39:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA17419 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 08:38:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA14764; Tue, 26 May 1998 11:36:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 11:36:50 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Mike Smith cc: Paul Saab , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: possible problem with portmap In-Reply-To: <199805252002.NAA14219@antipodes.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Did anyone quite understand the "nfs-shell" thread on bugtraq? It was discussed shortly after the portmap DoS thread. From what I could gather you could get an interactive shell via nfs?? Thanks, Charles Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- On Mon, 25 May 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > OK.. I disabled sunrpc (port 111) at the router. Is the worst > > thing that could have happened to me be just a DoS of portmap-related > > stuff? Ie: he could not have gotten root? > > That's correct (RPC DoS). > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message