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netfilter: Mark SYN/ACK packets as invalid from original direction
authorJozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:55:53 +0000 (09:55 +0000)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:13:30 +0000 (22:13 +0200)
commitea7552c23f87f409fed586b6563dd4bf33643824
tree3ccafa55245faaa0580e86f705548bbfe6cf3108tree | snapshot
parent726a16abdc4319381740d488ee9af0e528caed3ecommit | diff
netfilter: Mark SYN/ACK packets as invalid from original direction

Clients should not send such packets. By accepting them, we open
up a hole by wich ephemeral ports can be discovered in an off-path
attack.

See: "Reflection scan: an Off-Path Attack on TCP" by Jan Wrobel,
http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.2074

Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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