[4803] in bugtraq
Re: Solaris Ping bug (DoS)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gnuchev Fedor)
Thu Jun 26 12:51:09 1997
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 14:01:56 +0400
Reply-To: Gnuchev Fedor <qwe@HT.EIMB.RSSI.RU>
From: Gnuchev Fedor <qwe@HT.EIMB.RSSI.RU>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <19970626000829.28333@atl.eni.net>
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Adam Caldwell wrote:
> way to reboot a Solaris box, and is exploitable by anyone with an account on
>
> ping -sv -i 127.0.0.1 224.0.0.1
ping -sv -i 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 does same on 2.4
> On solaris 2.5, causes the machine to reboot (personal experience). I've
> had independent reports of it crashing 2.5.1, and 2.5 (x86). It probably works
> on all versions of Solaris.
> -Adam
Disabling ping??! Hope someone will devise more chewable solution :-)
With best regards
Fedor Gnuchev
mailto:qwe@ht.eimb.rssi.ru
