Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 19:37:31 -0600 (CST) From: "James D. Butt" <jbutt@mwci.net> To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Land DOS Attack. Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.971125193619.3231D-100000@subcellar.mwci.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971125200052.21827Q-100000@buffnet5.buffnet.net>
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> > > > > > > > > Does anyone here know for sure it 2.2.2-RELEASE is vulnrable to the > > > > > land.c DOS attack? It so is there a patch? > > > > > > > > I believe so. In any case a "quick fix hack" has been committed to > > > > -CURRENT and -STABLE. A security advisory should follow shortly. > > > > > > I couldnt get that land.c jobber to crash anything. > > > > It makes FreeBSD-2.2.5-Release go comatose. > > > > Maybe if its compiled under something other than freebsd - I grabbed the > source and compiled it and nothing.. Yes it is.. Someone ported it to the BSD's check Bugtraq arcives.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- James D. Butt 'J.D.' Network Engineer Voice 319-557-8463 Network Operations Center Fax 319-557-9771 MidWest Communications, Inc. Pager 319-557-6347 241 Main St. noc@mwci.net Dubuque, IA 52001 jbutt@mwci.net --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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