Re: dhclient dead
On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 11:22:14PM -0300, gusti wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> >On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 07:37:57PM -0300, gusti wrote:
> >
> >>I'm using debian stable and kernel 2.6.18-5-686, and after some minutes
> >>I lost the network connection.
> >>I'm using the binary 'dhclient', see below, any ideas about the problem.
> >>
> >
> >I've never needed dhcp. However, I remember that there was recently a
> >security announcement about it.
> >
> >Have you updated? If so, it could be a problem with the new version.
> >If not, try updating, assuming that you can find a way to the internet
> >to do so.
> I have all my packages up to date. Can you send me please a link to the
> security announcement that you are talking about.
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1388
Dated October 18 re a buffer overflow in dhcp.
Doug.
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