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| author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-03-31 23:04:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-03-31 23:04:11 +0000 |
| commit | 39eb6fd31bcffb268ce5cc5cfc86d75b8ffa18ca (patch) | |
| tree | 2259a0814554806146bff3ed01f680643986a54e /sbin/ping/ping.8 | |
| parent | bce76ddcd9932a3efb6d45ed8592137510762794 (diff) | |
possible buf oflow in -R; reported by tqbf, fixed by me.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ping/ping.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ping/ping.8 | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.8 b/sbin/ping/ping.8 index daacd4a1461..d9787af9b7a 100644 --- a/sbin/ping/ping.8 +++ b/sbin/ping/ping.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ping.8,v 1.6 1996/07/23 10:36:40 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ping.8,v 1.7 1998/03/31 23:04:09 deraadt Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: ping.8,v 1.10 1995/12/31 04:55:35 ghudson Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993 @@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ option in the packet and displays the route buffer on returned packets. Note that the IP header is only large enough for nine such routes. -Many hosts ignore or discard this option. +If more routes come back than should, such as due to an illegal spoofed +packet, ping will print the route list and then truncate it at the correct +spot. Many hosts ignore or discard this option. .It Fl r Bypass the normal routing tables and send directly to a host on an attached network. |