[Bush2000]

Just trying to be helpful, Linux kneepadders...

[old-ager]

Sure ;-)

[B Knotts]

Of course, being the fair guy that you are, you would point out that this only affects people who are using this particular device.

I don't have any of these. The only gigabyte ethernet I have is Broadcom.

[byteback]

LINUX is unsecure? I'm shocked!

[N3WBI3]

I notice that kernel 2.6 is not affected, not that you would be sharp enough to notice..

[inflation]

What is you take on the CEO of microsoft saying that tech people in the US should make no more than 55,000 per year?

[Libloather]

Sher glad I use Windows...

[N3WBI3]

An analysis of the issue...

If you are running GB Ethernet cards and kernel 2.4 there is a potential bufferflow. It has been released:

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: vuldb@securityfocus.com mailto:vuldb@securityfocus.com>.

Way to post more than a hundred lines and leave out the best part

And wait it gets better..

not vulnerable Linux kernel 2.4.27 -pre2 Thats right kiddies the fix is already out there.. The vulnerability was discovered and fixed in the same day, by the same person.

[John Lenin]

LOL. Linux, it's the hackers choice !

[zencat]

Jeez, this thread is more contentious than Arnold vs. McClintock.

[N3WBI3]

Lets see the other recent VUlnerabilities from security focus 5-14 to 5-17

Microsoft UPnP NOTIFY Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer http-equiv Meta Tag Denial of Service Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer Codebase Double Backslash Local Zone File Execution Weakness
Microsoft Internet Explorer Interface Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows LSASS Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Now in addition to the Linux post you put up we have

Linux IPRoute Spoofed Kernel Messages Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Linux Kernel SCTP_SetSockOpt Integer Overflow Vulnerability

[BlazingArizona]

Does Linux causes the heartbreak of psoriasis, too?