Re: 2.2.x bug...

[Joost Kooij <joost@pc47.mpn.cp.philips.com>]

Hi,

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Julian Gilbey wrote:

> > I was just wondering what debian is doing so far as the bug in the 2.2.x
> > kernel...
> 
> Could you be a little more specific, perhaps?  Which bug?

Some bug in the kernel networking code that leaves 2.2.x kernels (all I
believe) vulnerable to DoS attacks.

The latest Debian release (2.1 aka Slink) is not vulnerable to this
attack, because it ships with a 2.0.36 kernel, which is supposedly not
affected by the reported bug.

Maybe someone should send out an announcement to the usual places. 
Cheers,


Joost