Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:00:16 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Max Booth <max@ukonline.net> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inetd problems Message-ID: <19990414000015.B48840@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: <37120E9B.1AE1FD8D@ukonline.net>; from Max Booth on Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 04:17:47PM %2B0100 References: <37120E9B.1AE1FD8D@ukonline.net>
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On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 04:17:47PM +0100, Max Booth wrote: > Hi all, > > Reciently, since the load on one of our FreeBSD 3.0 systems has been > increasing I keep on getting the following errors when attempting > connections to the system: > > Escape character is '^]'. > inetd in realloc(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense. > inetd in free(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense. > Connection closed by foreign host. > > The only thing using inetd now is telnetd, so I can't emagine that it's > due to inetd being under too much preassure. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem? This is due to a bug in the signal handler in inetd. This has been fixed in FreeBSD-stable (ie, 3.1). It was fixed mid-january, IIRC. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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