Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!fub!dobag.in-berlin.de!lumpi From: lumpi@dobag.in-berlin.de (Joern Lubkoll) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: security bug in ISC sysv386. here's a quick fix. Message-ID: Date: 14 Feb 91 13:31:12 GMT References: <1991Feb12.200752.2772@vort.uucp> Distribution: na Organization: Dobag Computer Systems Berlin Lines: 19 mike@vort.uucp (Mike Nemeth) writes: >calm down folks, there's a quick fix. if you're root just do the following: >- nuke everybody off the system now. tell 'em the disk's on fire. >- as root, run the following ># cd / ># /etc/conf/bin/idtune UAREARW 0 and you should tune UAREAUS to 0 to ! >run "kconfig", build a new kernel, install it, and then try >running "that program" again. you should get "memory fault". >it worked for me. your mileage may vary. just do this without a co cpu and start, lets say 'awk'.... blamm: core dump because the floating-point emulator will no longer be able to run correct. jl -- lumpi@dobag.in-berlin.de -- "Nothing is the complete absence of everything."