Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: Exploit for the Kernel | Date | Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:07:10 +1000 |
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT), "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> wrote: > From: "Breno" <breno_silva@bandnet.com.br> > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 22:42:12 -0300 > > http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/295855/2002-10-15/2002-10-21/1 > >There is nothing concrete at all about said "exploit". > >It looks like just a clever way to divert the victim's >attention from the real mechanism these guys are using >to root peoples boxes.
Agreed.
>It is nearly impossible for a TCP frag handling exploit >to allow a root shell and socket to that shell to be >created. So I think the claims are total nonsense.
The last mail on that thread is interesting[*], fooling the victim into running a vulnerable version of tcpdump by claiming a vulnerability in TCP.
[*] http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/295855/2002-10-15/2002-10-21/2
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