Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 21:26:27 -0700 (PDT) From: David Kirchner <davidk@accretivetg.com> To: Spades <spades@galaxynet.org> Cc: Adam Tuttle <adamtuttle@sympatico.ca>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Rooted Message-ID: <20010818212540.W38221-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20010819134033.0287f5cc@smtp.magix.com.sg>
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You may also be backdoored; if you weren't running something like tripwire to catch changes in your system files, you may want to go ahead and re-install FreeBSD entirely. May not be necessary, but it shouldn't hurt. On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Spades wrote: > You probably didn't update your source lately, you may like to cvsup > > as quite a few vulnerabilities appeared during the last 3-4 weeks. > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-01:49/telnetd.patch > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-01:49/telnetd.patch.asc > > > # cd /usr/src/ > > # patch -p << /path/to/patch > > # cd /usr/src/libexec/telnetd > > # make depend && make all install > > > Spades > > > At 01:09 AM 8/19/01 -0400, you wrote: > > >>>> > > <excerpt><bigger>My box recently got rooted by a user on mIRC, they said > it was because telnet was to old, where can I get a new version of > telnet? Also where can i find patches for security on my > box.</bigger><fontfamily><param>Arial</param> <bigger>Thanks</bigger> > > <bigger>Adam Tuttle</bigger> > > </fontfamily></excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param> > > > </fontfamily> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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