http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7797
securityFocus is reporting that there exists a DoS associated with the handling of TCP packet reassembly in Linux (all versions vulnerable). Question - does that include broadcast addresses? If so, conceivably one could incapacitate all computers on a subnet with one fragment a la teardrop/Winnuke. G -- Gregory A. Gilliss, CISSP E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Security WWW: http://www.gilliss.com/greg/ PGP Key fingerprint 2F 0B 70 AE 5F 8E 71 7A 2D 86 52 BA B7 83 D9 B4 14 0E 8C A3 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
