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Re: fpf module and packet fragmentation:local/remote DoS.
From: Joachim Blaabjerg <styx () mailbox as>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 15:03:44 +0100
"XR Agent" <prp_sc () antionline org> wrote:
Fpf kernel module by |CyRaX| [cyrax () pkcrew org] (www.pkcrew.org) alters
linux tcp/ip stack to emulate other OS'es against nmap/queso fingerprints using parser by FuSyS that reads nmap-os-fingerprints
for os emulation choice. However, attempts to send fragmented packets to local or remote machine
with nmap (-sS -f, -sN -f, -sX -f, -sF -f, -sA -f) or hping (hping -f) using host with loaded fpf.o lead to kernel panic ("Aiee, killing interrupt handle. Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task ! In interrupt handler - not syncing.") if run from console or force immediate reboot if the packet sending tool is run from an xterm. When fpf.o - running machine recieves nmap / hping fragmented packets from remote hosts system freezes.
Security through obscurity was never a pefect solution, but in the
current case there is also a hefty price to pay: complete inability of tcp/ip stack of "obscured" machine to deal with packet fragmentation.
Tested on Slackware 7.1 kernel 2.2.16 (i386). Regards, _clf3_ (PrP_Sc () antionline org) Veneficio, ergo sum. ------------------------------------------------------------ Email account furnished courtesy of AntiOnline -
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Have you reported this to |CyRaX| himself? I bet you haven't. I reported this a few months ago, and it has been fixed. I don't know if the version available at pkcrew.org is updated, but you should at least have notified |CyRaX| something like a week before you posted this to bugtraq. Regards -- Joachim Blaabjerg styx () mailbox as www.SuxOS.org
Current thread:
- fpf module and packet fragmentation:local/remote DoS. XR Agent (Jun 04)
- Re: fpf module and packet fragmentation:local/remote DoS. Joachim Blaabjerg (Jun 05)