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Bugtraq archives for 3rd quarter (Jul-Sep) 1997: Re: Solaris Ping bug (DoS)

Re: Solaris Ping bug (DoS)

Fraggle (bmfranklMOLASSES.RESNET.MTU.EDU)
Thu, 3 Jul 1997 22:07:47 -0400 

> On Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:08:29 -0400, Adam Caldwell <adamATL.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
bmfranklmtu.edu