Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 15:45:01 -0400 From: Alan <alanp@unixpower.org> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: attack of failure Message-ID: <3744663D.77280116@unixpower.org>
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On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 11:03:26PM -0500, Andrew G. Russell wrote: > Last night, a system that has been running FreeBSD 2.1.5 for a number of > years with the last upgrade being sendmail 8.8.4 being added. > sendmail 8.8.4 can give crackers root access, plus you are running a *real* old version of FreeBSD that most likely has a bunch of exploitable things. > This system will be upgraded to 2.2.8, but I sure would like some clue as > to how it happened. > > Thanks in advance for any help/thoughts. > > A.G. Russell -- | Alan L. * Webmaster of www.UnixPower.org | | Windsor Unix Users Group Founder: http://unix.windsor.on.ca/ | | Personal Page: http://www.unixpower.org/alanp/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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