Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 14:15:42 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new 'sploit? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19991108141542.0181c690@staff.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <14375.5840.975982.927941@trooper.velocet.net>
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At 01:30 PM 11/8/99 -0500, David Gilbert wrote: >On one of our client's servers, we found a directory structure full of >alternating <CR>Your public key (512-bit) goes here<CR> and >capital-A-repeated directory names. I assume the script kiddie should >have replaced all the capital-A's with their public key. Inside these >directories 'find.core' was linked to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys It is an 'old' exploit for the fts bug/hole. See the ongoing discussion "file name with questions - rm on it seg faults!!!" and ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-99:05.fts.asc This does effect 2.2.x, however if you cvsup RELENG_2_2 it is patched... ---Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Tancsa, tel 01.519.651.3400 Network Administrator, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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