FYI. Just passing this along. >Approved-By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:43:17 +0200 >Reply-To: Piotr Wilkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sender: Bugtraq List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Piotr Wilkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Linux kernel 2.2.x vulnerability/exploit >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I'm sorry if this has been noticed before, but since I did't find anything >in the archives, I post it here. >There seems to be a bug in kernels 2.2.x (tested on 2.2.7 and 2.2.9), that >causes them to panic when they are sent a large number of specific ICMP >packages. I think the problem comes from the combination of the mangled >header length (shorter or longer ihl's don't cause hangup) and the random >ICMP packets (random type/subtype and source address) this program sends. >Windows 9x and FreeBSD 3.0 seem to be unaffected. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
