Re: Win95/98 and Novell client DoS

From: Richard Reiner (rreinerat_private)
Date: Fri Oct 08 1999 - 17:56:54 PDT

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    > Perhaps this has been reported.  I havent seen it.  If it has been
    > previously reported, sorry.  Consider this a reminder.
    >
    > Novell client opens port 427 TCP.  My services file reports this port to be
    > known as 'svrloc'.  You can bluescreen Win95/98 with Novell Client versions
    > 3.0 and 3.0.1 by sending a SYN to this port, as you would with 'nmap -sS -p
    > 427 <target>'.  This is quite fatal.  The only recovery seems to be a power
    > reset.
    
    Yes, we reported this (and posted to BUGTRAQ) late in 1998.
    



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