Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 09:35:01 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> To: jbhunt <jbhunt@mercury.gaianet.net> Cc: freebsd-security-notification@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, root@mercury.gaianet.net Subject: Re: New EXPLOIT located! Message-ID: <4865.837416101@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:52:43 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960714212321.1806A-300000@mercury.gaianet.net>
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>Ok, for almost 3 weeks now we at Gaianet have been tracking root hackers >around our box. FINALLY, today at about 3 pm one of them made a BIG BIG >mistake. Fortunately, for us I was around to watch what happened and kill >the user before he was able to erase his history files and the exploit >itself. So here are the files necessary to fix whatever hole this >exploits. We run Freebsd Current so it obviously makes most freebsd >systems vulnerable to a root attack. I appreciate any help you can offer. OK, this is the rdist hole, it's already being worked in I think. remove the rdist program from your system, or just remove the setuid bit from it. Do normal "we've been hacked cleanup". -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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