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New Linux Security Hole Found

Publication:E WeekDate:Jun 15 2004
Reporter:Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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A Linux bug was recently uncovered by a young Norwegian programmer that, when exploited by a simple C program, could crash most Linux 2.4 or 2.6 distributions running on an x86 architecture.

"Using this exploit to crash Linux systems requires the (ab)user to have shell access or other means of uploading and running the program—like cgi-bin and FTP access," reports the discoverer, Øyvind Sæther.


 

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Linux -vs- Windows XPHackey15 Jun, 14:10
Re: Linux -vs- Windows XPPoprocks16 Jun, 08:39
Bhagdad Bob aka ESRgangstar16 Jun, 19:16

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