[CLUE-Talk] Fwd: Linux worm holes

Grant Johnson Grant.Johnson at MetroIS.com
Wed Jan 17 13:40:15 MST 2001


If you use Red Hat 6.2 or Red Hat 7.0, and do not have the patches in 
place, you are vulnerable, especially if you have an always on broadband 
connection.  Get the RPC and wu-FTPd patches NOW!!


>1. Linux worm holes
>
>An Internet worm cobbled together from
>generally available hacking tools has
>compromised hundreds, perhaps thousands,
>of Linux servers by using two well-known
>security flaws in applications set up during
>the default installation of Red Hat Linux
>software.
>http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBRa0GkpN0U0Z4Qt




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