FreeBSD Accept Filter Denial of Service Vulnerability Solution:
FreeBSD has corrected this vulnerability in their current FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE and FreeBSD 4.5-RELENG trees. This vulnerability may be removed by upgrading to a current version of the kernel source.
A patch has also been made available:
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE
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FreeBSD accept.patch
From FreeBSD Security Advisory SA02:26:2) To patch your present system:The following patch has been verified to apply to FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASEand 4.5-STABLE systems.a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify thedetached PGP signature using your PGP utility.# fetch ftp://ftp.Fre
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-02:26/accept.patch
