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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!dgp.toronto.edu!flaps
  2. Newsgroups: alt.security
  3. From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
  4. Subject: Re: CERT ADVISORY - Multiple SunOS Vulnerabilities
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul22.154650.9967@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
  6. References: <9207211919.AA20501@tictac.cert.org>
  7. Date: 22 Jul 92 19:46:50 GMT
  8. Lines: 22
  9.  
  10. In comp.security.announce, cert-advisory-request@CERT.ORG (CERT Advisory) writes:
  11.     >CA-92:15                        CERT Advisory
  12.     >                                July 21, 1992
  13.     >                    Multiple SunOS Vulnerabilities Patched
  14.     >--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  15.  
  16.     >NFS jumbo patch upgrade, SunOS 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, all architectures
  17.  
  18. What's new with THIS jumbo patch?  Is it the same jumbo patch?
  19.  
  20.     >ICMP redirects patch upgrade, SunOS 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, all architectures
  21.     ...
  22.     >     allows an intruder to close existing network connections to and from
  23.                 ^^^^^
  24.     ...
  25.     >II.  Impact
  26.     >     A remote user may deny network services on a Sun system.
  27.                 ^^^^
  28.  
  29. So which is it, can they close existing ones or only deny new ones?
  30.  
  31. thanks for any info,
  32.