Full Disclosure: Re: [iputils] Integer overflow in iputils ping/ping6 tools

[Frankie Cutlass <frankiecutlass12 () gmail com>]

Incorrect. Ping is setuid root but it drops privs before reaching this
code path. Even if you could exploit that for root (you cant) all you
would end up with is a shell as your uid and a raw socket..


> Fork bombs do not run privileged, but /bin/ping is setuid root.
>
> Cheers, Paul
>
> Paul Szabo   psz () maths usyd edu au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
> School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia
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