Wouldn't ulimit and or rlimits help mitigate this issue on linux systems?
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, H D Moore wrote:
> Does this vulnerability affect the Linux XFS port? The XFS page has no
> information about this or whether there is a fix available:
>
> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
>
> -HD
>
> On Monday 15 April 2002 04:49 pm, SGI Security Coordinator wrote:
> >
> > SGI Security Advisory
> >
> > Title: IRIX XFS filesystem denial of service attack
> > Number: 20020402-01-P
> > Date: April 15, 2002
> > Reference: CAN-2002-0042
> > -----------------------
> > --- Issue Specifics ---
> > -----------------------
> >
> > It has been reported that there is a vulnerability in IRIX's XFS
> > filesystem. Under some circumstances, a user can create a file that would
> > hang any application that would try to access it. This has the potential
> > to be used to create a Denial of Service attack.
>
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