Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Sep 1999 14:42:58 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.x ISN Vulnerability |
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Hello Alexey, I take it that the patch you sent fixes this condition ? JImL
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote: > Hello! > > With the typo-bug fixed, the random part of the secret would be unknown. > > So in the bug-free case (aka pre-2.2.13/2.3.18ac8), the attacker can't > > know the whole secret, > It can. Reread the report. > The bug was that remote destination was ignored in calculating > seqno, so that all the destinations shared one secret. > Alexey +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
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