Suse warns of hole in Linux kernel

[Robert Brimhall]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:00:18 +0300, Ecmel Ercan <ecmel at ercansoy.com> wrote:
> http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=8693
> 
> Thank god Ubuntu does not have firewall!
> 
> ..
> 
> "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."
> 

Only for kernels <= 2.6.8... Ubuntu Warty is fine since it has 2.6.8.1


-- 
Robert