Subject: Re: "LAND" Attack Update (fwd)
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-security
Date: 11/21/1997 01:16:27
On 21 Nov 1997 08:54:20 GMT
tron@lyssa.owl.de (Matthias Scheler) wrote:
> In article <199711210306.VAA18917@ix.netcom.com>,
> > I must have missed it...what is the "land" attack, and does anyone know if
> > NetBSD 1.3_ALPHA has been fixed?
>
> 1.3_ALPHA is not vulnerable, 1.2.1 is. :-(
Um, it sure was... at least it certainly nailed my laptop :-)
> Has anybody got a fix for 1.2/1.2.1?
I will send you a patch offline. I have written one, but cannot test it.
I will commit it to the netbsd-1-2 branch and release another official patch
if your feedback is positive :-)
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