[7775] in bugtraq
Re: News DoS using sendsys
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charlesw)
Thu Aug 27 14:32:32 1998
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 10:34:24 -0700
Reply-To: Charlesw <charlesw@IEA.COM>
From: Charlesw <charlesw@IEA.COM>
X-To: "Andrew V. Kovalev" <avk@JET.MSK.SU>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <E0zBzEu-000465-00@horse>
I know the sendsys bug also effects Borderware out of the box.
On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Andrew V. Kovalev wrote:
> Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> > > Our newsserver (INN) all of a sudden gets several 100 'sendsys' requests
> > > per day. The addresses of the people requesting the sendsys seem to be
> >
> > Just today, the same folks switched to using newgroups. Unfortunately,
>
> Right now I'm receiving "version"... Machine running INN has a hundred of
> /bin/sh's running... Aaarghh...
>
>
> avk
>
> --
> uux "remotemachine!lynx -source http://www.microsoft.com/"
> Brave new world...
>
Charles Weidner Verio Northwest Spokane Branch.
When you build it, they will connect!
charlesw@nw.verio.net
*The box said "Windows 95, Windows NT4.0 or better".. so I installed Linux*
