FreeBSD 3.1 remote reboot exploit

[jamie () exodus net (Jamie Rishaw)]

Hi,

  Sorry to be so vague, but I wanted to let everyone know,

  It's been demonstrated to me by two people who will not reveal "how"
that there is a remote bug exploit, almost certainly over IP, that will
cause FreeBSD-3.1 systems to reboot with no warnings.

  The second box this was demonstrated on today had no open services
besides ircd, and was remote rebooted.  (The first box had open services
such as smtp, ssh, pop, http, but did /not/ run ircd, eliminating ircd
as the culprit).

  If anyone can shed some light on this (really bad) issue, it'd be
greatly appreciated, especially since I am(was) in the process of
upgrading all of my boxes to 3.1. (3.1-REL).

  Regards,

-jamie
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