From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 12 14:20:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA29609 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:20:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from andrew.Ngbert.org (root@NGBERT.RES.CMU.EDU [128.2.92.138]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA29544 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:18:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([[UNIX: localhost]]) by andrew.Ngbert.org (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA21154; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 17:17:22 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 17:17:22 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Y Ng To: Cliff Addy cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Attack of the sendmail zombies In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Carnegie Mellon University MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Cliff Addy wrote: > Suddenly, I've got hundreds of sendmail processes in a zombie state on my > system. What could be causing this? well, the old sendmail has a security hole, smtp processes got run by root and ppl can easily write a script the start an smtp process and get a root shell that way... an upgrade would be wise :) /ayn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMwJBcJ6qvWJYgw1hAQGFWQP/b2K9u3SgoUUuOfLm2Is5TI6jmtRTRD4z QVr9XJMqPPYHyngds3ASOx7sSVyMCAw/98+Js/MTHVgeUsmO6acqSnMCZDcLvpqD 26M3AzYJh9gBdiOdpfiZNOrK3B5e26R3nGhNv9YOcZ6JQ653Rs8mOkGh1is5LxHR 9OvsTPKY+0I= =umHX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Andrew Y Ng | Carnegie Mellon University http://andrew.Ngbert.org | ECE major // 4-yr BS/MS campus ph: 412/862-2836 | voice mail: 412/268-6700 x30027 | talk: finger ayn@andrew.Ngbert.org * NGBERT.ORG! * | for online status http://www.Ngbert.org | finger ayn@CMU.EDU for more info... --------------------------X------------------------------------- NetBSD NeXT FreeBSD Linux Be Solaris !windoze All the world's a VAX, And all the coders merely butchers; They have their exits and their entrails; And one int in his time plays many widths, His sizeof being _N bytes. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the Regent's arms. And then the whining schoolboy, with his Sun, And shining morning face, creeping like slug Unwillingly to school. -- A Very Annoyed PDP-11