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Re: SSH Exploit Request


From: Bryan Allen <bda () mirrorshades net>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 07:01:09 -0500


On Nov 14, 2003, at 9:10 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
You install a borked build of ssh (shared lib dependencies are FUN),
restart it, your session goes bye-bye, and you can't get back in to
fix the runaway sshd that's chewing all the resources....

Restarting sshd does not kill running ssh sessions, as they're all forked and in memory.
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bda
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