Description: A vulnerability has been reported in iputils, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within rarpd when handling certain packets. This can be exploited to stop the rarpd from responding by sending specially crafted replies.
Solution: Use in trusted network environments only.
Provided and/or discovered by: Reported in a SUSE advisory.
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