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PalmOS ICMP flood DoS. May 14 2003 04:14PM
Shaun Moore (shaunige yahoo co uk)
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PalmOS is vulnerable to an ICMP DoS attack, when an
attacker continuously sends ICMP_ECHO packets to the
device. This attack causes 100% CPU usage, and the
device therefore comes to a total lockup. The Pilot
is almost instantly rendered unusable, until the
attacker stops sending p...

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