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Reliant Unix 5.43 / 5.44 bad ICMP error handling
Vulnerability

    kernel

Affected

    Reliant Unix 5.43 / 5.44

Description

    Andrea Barisani found following.  Sending an icmp port unreachable
    error to a RU  cause an immediate drop  of all the connections  in
    progress between the  server and the  icmp-sender host, of  course
    spoofing the icmp address originator cause the drop of connections
    between an arbitrary host.

Solution

    Nothing yet.

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