Bug#325689: xsetbg keeps opening X clients without closing the old

severity 325689 important tags 325689 - security thanks Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's essentially the same, with a minor difference: > Fork bombs traditionally happen very quickly, whereas with normal > operation, this DoS will take some time. Sorry, but a (by your own admissi

Bug#325689: xsetbg keeps opening X clients without closing the old

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 02:35:03AM +, James Troup wrote: > Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm tagging this bug as security and upping the severity. > > > > Justification: > > A small script can be used to affect the availability of the parent > > xserver if xloadimage is inst

Bug#325689: xsetbg keeps opening X clients without closing the old

Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm tagging this bug as security and upping the severity. > > Justification: > A small script can be used to affect the availability of the parent > xserver if xloadimage is installed. If the resource limits of the > xserver are high enough, there is po