Re: Local root through vulnerability in ping on linux.

[Misa <mice () lauto lv>]

forest:~# uname -a
Linux forest 2.2.16 #2 Fri Jun 9 14:27:10 EEST 2000 i686 unknown
forest:~# cat /etc/slackware-version
7.0.0
forest:~# ping -c 1 -s 100 localhost
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 100 data bytes
108 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.2 ms

--- localhost ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.2/0.2/0.2 ms
forest:~# ping -c 1 -s 65589 localhost
ping: packet size too large.
forest:~# ping -c 1 -s 65590 localhost
ping: packet size too large.
forest:~# ping -c 1 -s 65465 localhost
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 65465 data bytes

--- localhost ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
forest:~# ping -c 1 -s 65468 localhost
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 65468 data bytes

--- localhost ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
forest:~# ping -c 1 -s 65469 localhost
ping: packet size too large.
forest:~#

Nothing hapens....
Btw, there is OpenWall Project's (Solar Designer's) patch on
this machine....

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