Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > linux.debian.user > #171057

Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw

From Curt <curty@free.fr>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw
Date 2016-08-13 11:10 +0200
Message-ID <s5D73-7iP-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References <s50yK-5KE-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <s511M-6al-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <s51l7-6jV-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <s5slj-7eH-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization Unorganized

Show all headers | View raw


On 2016-08-12, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> If you're relying on HTTP or FTP - you're screwed. If you prefer HTTPS
>>> and SSH - it does not concern you.
>>>
>>> To workaround the problem, use (/etc/sysctl.conf is preferred):
>>>
>>> sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_challenge_ack_limit=999999999
>>
>> Thank you very much for this.
>>
>>> To solve the problem you should wait until Debian-provided kernels gain
>>> a backport for CVE-2016-5696.
>>>
>
> And how will one know when to remove this patch? Or rather what effect 
> will it have if it never is removed?

My guess is nothing (will or would happen). Surely the consultation of
your favorite search engine should keep you informed on the evolution of
this affair.

What's ironic is in attempting to throttle the number of challenge acks as a
security measure they opened up the big flaw. Must be one of those moral
lessons hiding in there somewhere.

I am reading (see link below) that "The RFC 5961 spec is implemented in
Linux kernel v 3.6 and later."

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/83798.html

As I'm running a v 3.2 kernel, I guess I'm actually not concerned by the
matter (or am I)? I applied the patch anyway, as I'm in doubt. 


> Hugo
>
>
>
>


-- 
Même l’avenir n’est plus ce qu’il était. 
Paul Valéry  

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

(OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-11 18:00 +0200
  Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 18:30 +0200
    Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-11 18:50 +0200
      Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> - 2016-08-12 23:40 +0200
        Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-13 11:10 +0200
          Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-08-13 11:20 +0200
            Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-13 17:20 +0200
          Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-08-13 11:20 +0200
            Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-13 17:20 +0200
        Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-08-13 11:20 +0200
  Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-11 18:40 +0200
    Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-11 19:00 +0200
      Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-11 19:30 +0200
    Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-08-11 19:00 +0200
    Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-08-11 19:10 +0200
      Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-11 20:00 +0200
        Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-08-11 20:50 +0200
          Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-11 21:10 +0200
            Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 21:40 +0200
              Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-08-11 22:10 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 22:40 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-08-11 22:50 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 00:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 00:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-12 11:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 12:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 12:50 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 13:30 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 22:30 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-12 14:30 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-08-12 16:50 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-08-12 17:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-08-12 17:20 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-08-12 17:40 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-08-12 17:40 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw "John L. Ries" <jries@salford-systems.com> - 2016-08-12 18:40 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-12 18:10 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 18:00 +0200
                The Debian/Ubuntu/Mint installer was Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-13 01:10 +0200
                Re: The Debian/Ubuntu/Mint installer was Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-13 05:20 +0200
                Re: The Debian/Ubuntu/Mint installer was Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-13 10:50 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 05:00 +0200
              Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 04:50 +0200

csiph-web