The fix has been fixed as 2.4.21-rc4 I believe. The original patch by redhat was in 2.4.21-rc3
Peace --- Peter Billson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas, > My brother tells me that there has been some > discussion about this on > the kernel list. RedHat's patch was applied to > 2.4.21 (plus 2.5.69) but > people are reporting that the patch breaks other > things so it is not yet > ready for prime time. > > At this point this remains only a theoretical flaw > which someone > noticed while hacking on the kernel. No one has > shown an actual exploit. > > Until the kernel hackers can do their thing, there > isn't much the > Debian project can do. You may want to monitor the > kernel list for more > up-to-date information. > > Pete > -- > http://www.elbnet.com > ELB Internet Service, Inc. > Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting > > > > Thomas Hebinck wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > is there really nobody who knows anything about > this vulnerability? > > We use Debian Woody as firewall ... > > > > Sincerely, > > Thomas > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: www-data [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 11:50 AM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Routingtable vulnerability > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Due to the fact that I'm only subscribed to two > Debian related Mailinglists > > >(debian-isp and security-announce) I haven't > heard of any discussions about the > > >newly discoverd Kernel vulnerability > (Routingtables, > > >http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-172.html). > > >Has this been discussed on Debian-Lists and are > there any countermesasures > > >recommended? > > > > > >Best Regards, > > >Dominik Schulz > > > > > >------------------------------------------------- > > >This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > > > > > > > >-- > > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
