[plug] local DoS with ping -R

Matt Kemner zombie at networx.net.au
Mon Dec 13 12:27:28 WST 1999


On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:

> I'm running 2.2.13 ... this means that I can't taken down by a malicious user.
> I can still however if I want to take down a 2.0.X host.

You can only take down that 2.0.X host if you can run ping on that box
with the -s and -R flags. (Assuming of course there aren't any other bugs
on that host you could exploit :)

 - Matt



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