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

2005-12-10 Thread James Troup
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 admission)

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

2005-12-07 Thread Neil McGovern
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 installed. If the

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

2005-12-06 Thread James Troup
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 potential