Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 17:14:26 -0600 (MDT) From: "David G. Andersen" <danderse@cs.utah.edu> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Claimed remote reboot exploit: Real or bogus? Message-ID: <14126.11662.104650.743414@torrey.cs.utah.edu> In-Reply-To: Brett Glass's message of Mon, May 3 1999 <4.2.0.37.19990503171021.04dd6630@localhost> References: <4.2.0.37.19990503171021.04dd6630@localhost>
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I've asked for a bit more information from Jamie, but that was about 3
minutes ago, so I don't expect to hear back quite so soon.
If his boxes are being rebooted, it's probably legitimate. Jamie's
trustworthy, and competent.
-Dave
Lo and Behold, Brett Glass said:
> Can anyone confirm or deny the existence of this exploit?
> >Reply-To: jamie@exodus.net
> >Sender: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
> >From: Jamie Rishaw <jamie@exodus.net>
> >Subject: FreeBSD 3.1 remote reboot exploit
> >To: BUGTRAQ@netspace.org
> >X-UIDL: bb7cd1086853f3805dc34b1136a06c40
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> > Sorry to be so vague, but I wanted to let everyone know,
> >
> > It's been demonstrated to me by two people who will not reveal "how"
> >that there is a remote bug exploit, almost certainly over IP, that will
> >cause FreeBSD-3.1 systems to reboot with no warnings.
> >
> > The second box this was demonstrated on today had no open services
> >besides ircd, and was remote rebooted. (The first box had open services
> >such as smtp, ssh, pop, http, but did /not/ run ircd, eliminating ircd
> >as the culprit).
> >
> > If anyone can shed some light on this (really bad) issue, it'd be
> >greatly appreciated, especially since I am(was) in the process of
> >upgrading all of my boxes to 3.1. (3.1-REL).
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