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/bin/login DoS remains after DSA-1709
From: Paul Szabo <psz () maths usyd edu au>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:06:29 +1100
Even after DSA-1709, /bin/login in Debian is vulnerable to a local DoS attack; the attacker does not need special privileges to succeed. For details please see http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1709 http://bugs.debian.org/505271 http://bugs.debian.org/505071 I do not know what practical uses this DoS could have. (Debian and Ubuntu are vulnerable, I believe RedHat is not. I do not know about other distros.) Cheers, Paul Szabo psz () maths usyd edu au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia
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