Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:43:05 -0700 (PDT) From: -Vince- <vince@mercury.gaianet.net> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> Cc: jbhunt <jbhunt@mercury.gaianet.net>, freebsd-security-notification@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, root@mercury.gaianet.net Subject: Re: New EXPLOIT located! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960715004202.1637C-100000@mercury.gaianet.net> In-Reply-To: <4865.837416101@critter.tfs.com>
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On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >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". While we're at the subject, is there a hole with mount_msdos also because the guy had some text on mount_msdos but I deleted the /sbin/mount_msdos and -current still installs with the setuid bit... Vince
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