Linux kernel 2.0/2.1 SIGIO Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/111/info A vulnerability in the Linux kernel allows any user to send a SIGIO signal to any process. If the process does not catch or ignore the signal is will exit. / On non-glibc systems you must add define OASYNC FASYNC...

Linux Kernel 2.0 Sendmail - Denial of Service

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/363/info The 2.0.x kernels have a quirk in the TCP implementation that have to do with the accept call returning after only a syn has been recieved as opposed to the three way handshake having been completed. Sendmail, which is compiled on many unices,...

Linux Kernel 2.0/2.1/2.2 - 'autofs' Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/312/info The autofs module provides support for the automount filesystem, as well as the interface between the kernel and the automountd daemon, which is responsible for the actual mounting. Calls such as chdir executed in the automount directory are...

Linux Kernel 2.0 - TCP Port Denial of Service

Linux Kernel 2.0 - TCP Port Denial of Service / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/343/info It is possible to leak kernel memory and render TCP ports above 1024 unusable, locked forever in the CLOSEWAIT state in linux kernels prior to the late 2.1.x and 2.2.0pre releases. In addition to...

Linux Kernel 2.0 - TCP Port Denial of Service

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/343/info It is possible to leak kernel memory and render TCP ports above 1024 unusable, locked forever in the CLOSEWAIT state in linux kernels prior to the late 2.1.x and 2.2.0pre releases. In addition to being intentionally exploited, unix applications...