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Re: Linux 2.4.27 SECURITY BUG - TCP Local and REMOTE(verified) Denial of

To: Willy Tarreau <willy@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.27 SECURITY BUG - TCP Local and REMOTE(verified) Denial of Service Attack
From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:17:21 +0100
Cc: Wolfpaw - Dale Corse <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>, peter@xxxxxxxxx, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Sul, 2004-09-12 at 18:59, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> The problem is within inetd. In my case it could be because it was a bit
> old (1999), but since you have it too,

Ancient inetd had several fd leak bugs fixed over time and some other
problems with built in services. Not much of a suprise that a 1999 inetd
has it.

Alan


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