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Date:      Wed, 23 May 2001 11:38:18 +0200
From:      Michael Radzewitz <michael.radzewitz@freenet-ag.de>
To:        "'security@freebsd.org'" <security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: apache_logs/system hang up
Message-ID:  <E07E5FD109B8D411842200508BD3C5E60191964D@staff.freenet-ag.de>

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Hello Alexandr,

currently the system is running under redhat linux 6.2
with kernel 2.2.14-5.0 and apache 1.3.14 on a intel i686

I try to reproduce this error. I think it's a security
issue and should be disscused when a unnormal http-request 
is able to stop a running system.




> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Alexandr P. Kovalenko [mailto:never@uic-in.net]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Mai 2001 10:37
> An: Michael Radzewitz
> Cc: 'security@freebsd.org'
> Betreff: Re: apache_logs/system hang up
> 
> 
> Hello, Michael Radzewitz!
> 
> On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:00:46AM +0200, you wrote:
> 
> > Hello Marc,
> > 
> > the system wasn't able to do anything so that i had to 
> reset it by hand.
> > Tonight the same thing happend. Acctually I would think 
> there must be
> > something wrong on my site. The characters contain nothing else
> > than hundreds of these: ^@^@^@ 
> > They do not look like a typically binary file. It's always the same 
> > corner of the internet which one of my users visit and 
> which causes the
> > trouble one minute later. 
> > 
> > Today I plugged a monitor in to see what happend and i got 
> the message:
> > 
> > login: unable to login
> > 
> > followed by a kernel panic and the normal core dump output 
> of a linux
> > system.
> > 
> > As I mentioned before I thing there is something wrong on my site 
> > but I am a little bit concerned about the: unable to login message.
> > I will monitor this problem until the end of the week - 
> maybe i get some
> > more information about it. Later than I will swap the 
> system to FreeBSD.  
> Sorry, what apache versions are you running and what are uname -a's ?
> /me have similar situation, periodically machine locks up.
> When on last second I'm able to run top I see that swap is 
> filled and apache is
> about 350Mb.... Maybe it is common problem/security issue
> 
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