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Re: Security flaw in iptables



> > > Secondly, what is the best way to circumvent this flaw?
> > >
> > > Does the 2.4.3 kernel fix it; because I noted that there were a couple
> > > of new modules in it for iptables?
> >
> > this was reported (by me) to the kernel-source maintainer and he has applied
> > the patches to the latest version.
> 
> So, the package: kernel-source-2.4.3 2.4.3-3   (20169.3k)
> which is in "unstable" contains the fix and so long as I am running this kernel,
> I should be right?
> 
> Is that correct?

2.4.3-3 does not appear to contain the patch. it should appear in -4 then.

Ivan

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