Jonny Robertson reported a remote DoS condition exists in zebra when layer 3 access is possible to the telnet management port (2601/tcp). By sending a telnet option delimiter with no actual option data, zebra will make a bad memory call and SIGSEV. I've assigned CAN-2003-0795 to track this issue. Will be RHSA-2003:305.
Note also affects 2.1AW (not 2.1ES or 2.1WS which did not ship with zebra)
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-305.html