full-disclosure - Re: Linux + bash and a silver fork

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Message-ID: <20070827181738.GA20670@ngolde.de>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:17:39 +0200
From: Nico Golde <fd@...lde.de>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Linux + bash and a silver fork

Hi,
* Niko Lilja <niko.lilja@...il.com> [2007-08-27 20:04]:
> Well, as has been said when you realize the truth that there is no spoon,
> but instead there'll be a
> bunch of forks instead, at least in linux on bash shell, tested ubuntu and
> RHEL this far.
> 
> By throwing a nice piece of line code as a command in bash shell (normal
> user) you can pretty much
> crash the whole server cause denial of service by giving a command in bash:
> 
> :() { :&:; } ;:

OMG breaking news!!!!oneone!!1eleven!
Ever heard about system limits? ;-P
Cheers
Nico
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