Re: Solaris Ping bug (DoS)

Fraggle (bmfrankl@MOLASSES.RESNET.MTU.EDU)
Thu, 03 Jul 1997 22:07:47 -0400

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> On Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:08:29 -0400, Adam Caldwell <adam@ATL.ENI.NET> wrote:
> >ping -sv -i 127.0.0.1 224.0.0.1
>
> Patches claiming to fix this were posted on ftp://sunsolve1.sun.com/pub/patches
> today:
> 103630-09: SunOS 5.5.1: ip ifconfig arp udp icmp patch

Well, today I installed that patch on Sparc10 and proceeded to copy and
paste the ping command from this message... I just got done reinstalling
the OS and reconfiguring the machine.

After I executed the ping, my machine not only rebooted but was unable to
load the kernel after that.

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Bryan Franklin
bmfrankl@mtu.edu

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