From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 31 1:12:22 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71A4337B401 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 01:12:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C38B43E4A for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 01:12:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 901EF536E; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:48:23 +0100 (CET) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Pete Lindstrom's parametric worm warning From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:48:22 +0100 Message-ID: Lines: 47 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.2 (i386--freebsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --=-=-= [lifted off RISKSL] --=-=-= Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:07:53 -0800 From: Jeremy Epstein Subject: Pete Lindstrom's parametric worm warning MIME-Version: 1.0 [From Pete Lindstrom, Spire Security, petelind@spiresecurity.com] * Computer Worm Internet* In the wee hours of , a computer worm spread throughout the Internet. Dubbed because , and also known as and , the worm has infected an estimated systems within . Experts are calling this worm the most since . The worm exploits a hole in that was first identified months ago by . In an attempt to secure the planet, released detailed information about the vulnerability and how to exploit it. They also mentioned how to fix it, but apparently listened. Coincidentally, the worm that exploited this hole was also first identified by . Even more coincidentally, they make a product to protect against . "Actually, it's not really a , it's a ," said . " A true works by ." The worm's payload every system by the . Comparatively speaking, this is much worse than but not as bad as . The computers of were hit the hardest. Current damage is estimated at . " This worm has the potential to ," said . " It just goes to show you that ." Though there is no way to protect against this particular bug, experts recommend trying or , neither of which matter, since nobody will do it anyway. --=-=-= DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org --=-=-=-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message