RE: !SPAM! Automated ssh scanning

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

That is a worry you should have. But we need to know how they did it
before we just assume it. Anyone test it on another linux system?
Fedora?

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Richard
Verwayen
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 8:41 AM
To: FD
Subject: RE: !SPAM! [Full-disclosure] Automated ssh scanning

On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:12, Todd Towles wrote:
>  The kernel could be save. But with weak passwords, you are toast. Any

> automated tool would test guest/guest.
Hello Todd!

You are right about the passwords, but guest is only a unprivileged
account as you may have on many prodruction machines. But they managed
to become root on this machine due to a kernel(?) exploit!
Should I then consider any woody system to be insecure to let people
work at?

Richard

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