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Date:      Sun, 30 Jun 2002 07:18:03 -0700
From:      Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@seattleFenix.net>
To:        Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
Cc:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD.Scalper.Worm
Message-ID:  <20020630071803.B23168@mail.seattleFenix.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0206302244150.42445-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>; from andyf@speednet.com.au on Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 10:46:37PM %2B1000
References:  <3D1E9CDD.6050507@owt.com> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0206302244150.42445-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>

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* Andy Farkas (andyf@speednet.com.au) [020630 05:51]:
> On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Kent Stewart wrote:
> 
> > One of the people sending mail to -docs, pointed me to
> >
> > http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/freebsd.scalper.worm.html
> >
> > It looks like more exposure needs to be provided via the web site and etc.
> >
> > Kent
> >
> > --
> > Kent Stewart
> > Richland, WA
> >
> > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
> >
> 
> Looks like this worm can be stopped by having /tmp mounted noexec.

Or running a non-vulnerable version of Apache.

> --
> 
>  :{ andyf@speednet.com.au
> 
>         Andy Farkas
>     System Administrator
>    Speednet Communications
>  http://www.speednet.com.au/

-- 
Benjamin Krueger

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