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Re: R7-0009: Vulnerabilities in SSH2 Implementations from Multiple Vendors

From: Knud Erik Højgaard <knud () skodliv dk>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 03:34:32 +0100

matt merhar wrote:

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:56:20 -0800 (PST)
Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf () ghettot org> wrote:

:(){ :|:&};:


^^^^^^^^^^ don't type that i lost 134 day uptime because of that


No wonder, if you substitute the : with a word, for example bomb, it's
pretty obvious what this does.

bomb(){ bomb|bomb&};bomb

A properly configured login.conf prohibits this from having any effect on my
FreeBSD, and since you dont state your flavour i suppose it's the same as
mine.

--
Knud

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R7-0009: Vulnerabilities in SSH2 Implementations from Multiple Vendors Rapid 7 Security Advisories (Dec 16)
- Re: R7-0009: Vulnerabilities in SSH2 Implementations from Multiple Vendors Michal Zalewski (Dec 16)
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- Re: R7-0009: Vulnerabilities in SSH2 Implementations from Multiple Vendors Chad Loder (Dec 16)
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    - Re: R7-0009: Vulnerabilities in SSH2 Implementations from Multiple Vendors matt merhar (Dec 16)
    - Re: R7-0009: Vulnerabilities in SSH2 Implementations from Multiple Vendors Knud Erik Højgaard (Dec 16)