Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: kernel bug -> security problem | Date | 25 Oct 1996 21:35:00 +0200 |
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In article <3.0b36.32.19961025122911.006b1bac@eyelab.msu.edu>, Gary Schrock <root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu> wrote: >At 09:12 AM 10/25/96 +0800, you wrote: >>only the newer kernels (2.0.x) are affected by the bug. > >And, apparently, not everyone is affected. I just went from 2.0.22 to >2.0.23 and still do not seem to have that bug: > >K:\EXPTS\cider3>ping -l 65510 35.8.64.179 > >Pinging 35.8.64.179 with 65510 bytes of data: > >Request timed out. >Request timed out.
Actually you should not be able to construct such a packet with the ping program at all. The reason that you can do this under Windows '95 is that it was (hold tight) a bug in the W95 ping utility. "Was" yes because even more unbelievable they've fixed it in later versions of '95..
You'll have to downgrade your windows '95 (if such a thing is possible) ;)
Mike. -- | Miquel van Smoorenburg \ The answer to Life, the Universe and Everything \ | miquels@drinkel.cistron.nl \ Just reinstall windows and try again, sir. \
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