Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.27 SECURITY BUG - TCP Local and REMOTE(verified)
	Denial of Service Attack
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>
Cc: Wolfpaw - Dale Corse <admin@wolfpaw.net>, peter@mysql.com,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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On Sul, 2004-09-12 at 18:59, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> The problem is within inetd. In my case it could be because it was a bit
> old (1999), but since you have it too,

Ancient inetd had several fd leak bugs fixed over time and some other
problems with built in services. Not much of a suprise that a 1999 inetd
has it.

Alan

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