Serious vulnerability in 2.2 Kernels (fwd)

[ddm at pizzashack.org (Derek Martin)]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 01:24:33PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:


> Linux 2.2.19 was released this week, and is not vulnerable.  Also, all of
> the 2.4 series kernels are not vulnerable.  For more information about
> this vulnerability, see the following links:

Correction:  If you read the exploit code posted in the first link I
provided, it states in the comments that the 2.4 kernels *ARE*
vulnerable, though no exploit is currently known for them.  Thanks to
Jeff Moyer for pointing this out.


>   http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/archive.pike%3Fthreads%3D0%26list%3D1%26start%3D2001-03-25%26fromthread%3D0%26mid%3D171708%26end%3D2001-03-31%26



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