Re: bash vulnerability?

[Wernfried Haas <amne () gentoo org>]

Hi,
Shari Vegas wrote:
> This vulnerability for right now should be classified as a zero-day local
> shell exploit for bash.
Not exactly a zero day exploit, but a so called fork bomb [1], which has 
been known for quite a while.
Searching the web for "fork bomb" should reveal lots of discussion about 
it as well how to prevent it (e.g. setting limits as you already noticed).

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb

cheers,
        Wernfried

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