[10445] in bugtraq
Re: FreeBSD 3.1 remote reboot exploit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Warner Losh)
Thu May 6 13:58:06 1999
Message-Id: <199905041739.LAA02898@harmony.village.org>
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 11:39:01 -0600
Reply-To: Warner Losh <imp@HARMONY.VILLAGE.ORG>
From: Warner Losh <imp@HARMONY.VILLAGE.ORG>
X-To: jamie@exodus.net
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 May 1999 03:18:40 CDT."
<19990501031840.A24252@dilbert.exodus.net>
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In message <19990501031840.A24252@dilbert.exodus.net> Jamie Rishaw writes:
: It's been demonstrated to me by two people who will not reveal "how"
: that there is a remote bug exploit, almost certainly over IP, that will
: cause FreeBSD-3.1 systems to reboot with no warnings.
As far as I know, there is no way to do this. It would be useful if
you would tell us what happened. Was there a panic? IF so, what was
the panic message? Saying that there might be a bug in software isn't
that helpful without more specific information.
Warner
FreeBSD Security Officer
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