Suse warns of hole in Linux kernel

[Ecmel Ercan]

http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=8693

Thank god Ubuntu does not have firewall!

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"The problem lies in the way the kernel handles iptables firewall logging,
and only affects systems with iptables-based firewalls, such as
SUSEfirewall2, Suse said. An attacker could use a malformed packet to shut
down the system, according to Suse's advisory, which ranked the bug nine
out of 10 in severity."

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