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UNIX systems are susceptible to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks because, among users, many of the system’s resources are shared including kernel resources, disk storage, and memory. This section describes a few DoS attacks that can occur even if the user does not have special privileges.

Mozilla bug spreading Mozilla has escalated the threat ranking for the vulnerability reported last week in the traversal of the directory structure for add-ons. The bug would allow for stealing of session information.