[virusinfo] Denial of service vulnerability in the Linux PPP driver - 03/17/05]
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- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:09:07 -0800
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- Denial of service vulnerability in the Linux PPP driver -
Oxygen3 24h-365d, by Panda Software (http://www.pandasoftware.com)
Madrid, March 17 2005 - Security Tracker has reported, at
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Mar/1013437.html, a vulnerability
in the Linux kernel -in the PPP driver-, that could allow a remote
attacker to launch denial of service attack.
PPP (point-to-point protocol), is used to connect computers to the
Internet across a standard telephone line. A remote attacker could send
a specially crafted PPP packet to cause the system to crash.
A fix for the Linux kernel (2.6.11.4) is available at http://kernel.org/
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