A DoS Attack via Tux
Welcome to Security Alerts, an overview of recent Unix and open source security advisories. In this column, we look at a denial-of-service attack against Tux and the Linux kernel; buffer overflows in Solaris' xntpd, the DCE SPC library, Rational ClearCase, and Red Hat's lpd; and problems in IMP, Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System, OS X 10.1, Novell GroupWise, nvi, 6tunnel, Ikonboard, Viralator, w3m, and Procmail.
