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Re: Possible parsing dos problem
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: Possible parsing dos problem |
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Mon, 12 May 2003 12:01:19 -0400 |
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rskaliotis@andover.edu wrote:
> The string :(){ :|:;:&};: causes problems when run in a bash shell. The error
> message "bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable" is displayed until you
> kill the "script." While this is running, it appears to be a DOS attack
> preventing every other user on the machine from running commands.
Right. bash is creating as many processes and pipes as it can, just
like you told it to do. Solution: don't do that. It's just like
"rm -rf /".
paul