[11845] in bugtraq
Re: local telnetd DoS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Terry)
Sat Sep 11 15:27:28 1999
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:47:12 +0000
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From: Chris Terry <chterry@WEB.TURNER.COM>
X-To: Zo0mer <slackware@MAIL.RU>
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Zo0mer wrote:
>
> Hi,i found local DoS that Crash telnetd (tested on Slackware 4.0, RH 5.2)
> type
> telnet localhost | telnet localhost | telnet localhost ...... about 50 times
> result will be 'Connection Refused' , telnetd crash.
>
> Zo0mer // kpz2000
Gee... running telnetd through inetd? If so inetd refuses x
connects/minute depending on how/if you have it configured.
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