Bug 151240 - CAN-2005-0384 pppd remote DoS
Summary: CAN-2005-0384 pppd remote DoS
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
: ---
Assignee: Dave Jones
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard: impact=important,source=vendorsec,rep...
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-03-16 11:05 UTC by Mark J. Cox
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:17 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2005-04-19 18:52:25 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Proposed patch from Paul Mackerras @IBM (481 bytes, patch)
2005-03-16 11:05 UTC, Mark J. Cox 		no flags Details | Diff
View All


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:366 0 high SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2005-04-19 04:00:00 UTC

Description Mark J. Cox 2005-03-16 11:05:10 UTC 
Ben Martel and Stephen Blackheath discovered a DoS attack that a client of pppd
can make that can hang the server machine.  The bug is in the Linux kernel 2.6
(tested on 2.6.9), but it looks like it also exists in the 2.4 series.
Comment 1 Mark J. Cox 2005-03-16 11:05:11 UTC 
Created attachment 112045 [details]
Proposed patch from Paul Mackerras @IBM
Comment 4 Josh Bressers 2005-04-19 18:52:25 UTC 
An advisory 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-2005-366.html
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.