Re: FreeBSD 3.1 remote reboot exploit

From: Warner Losh (impat_private)
Date: Tue May 04 1999 - 10:39:01 PDT

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    In message <19990501031840.A24252at_private> Jamie Rishaw writes:
    :   It's been demonstrated to me by two people who will not reveal "how"
    : that there is a remote bug exploit, almost certainly over IP, that will
    : cause FreeBSD-3.1 systems to reboot with no warnings.
    
    As far as I know, there is no way to do this.  It would be useful if
    you would tell us what happened.  Was there a panic?  IF so, what was
    the panic message?  Saying that there might be a bug in software isn't
    that helpful without more specific information.
    
    Warner
    FreeBSD Security Officer
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