Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 19:09:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@seattleFenix.net> Cc: Ivan Streetovich <bad_dot_c@yahoo.com>, <chat@freebsd.org>, <security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: From: Ivan Streetovich, Japan Message-ID: <20020902190613.V1590-100000@patrocles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20020902143128.J64882@mail.seattleFenix.net>
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On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Benjamin Krueger wrote: > Interesting. I recieved a copy on Thursday night PST and forwarded it to phk > and the security officer in the wee morning hours of Friday... > > I've heard rumour that it was culled from an (years) old post on a freebsd > list. > > -- > Benjamin Krueger This is just another local mbuf exhaustion attack. We should probably put in countermeasures for this one of these days, but it's not all that much of a serious problem. If you have a shell machine you wish to get your access revoked on, then by all means go ahead and use this program. 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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