UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2127

fs/proc/root.c in the procfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2 does not properly interact with CLONENEWPID clone system calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service reference leak and memory consumption by making many connections to a daemon that uses PID namespac...

solaris.7.procfs.dos.txt

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 22:17:19 +0200 From: Toomas Soome To: [email protected] Subject: 64 bit Solaris 7 procfs bug hi! there is bug with 64 bit solaris 7 procfs, every nonprivileged user can crash computer with command 'more /proc/self/psinfo'. Tested with UE3000, U10, UE450. This bug has been...

Sun Solaris 7.0 - procfs Denial of Service

Sun Solaris 7.0 - procfs Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/448/info A nonpriviliged user can crash any 32 or 64 bit non-intel machine running Solaris 7 by executing the following: more /proc/self/psinfo This is due to a bug in the Solaris 7 procfs. %more /proc/self/psinf...

Sun Solaris 7.0 - 'procfs' Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/448/info A nonpriviliged user can crash any 32 or 64 bit non-intel machine running Solaris 7 by executing the following: more /proc/self/psinfo This is due to a bug in the Solaris 7 procfs. %more /proc/self/psinfo crash...