On Friday 11 January 2002 08:17, George Heuston wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: NIPC Watch [mailto:nipc.watch@private] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 7:18 AM > To: Daily Distribution > Subject: NIPC Daily Report 11 January 2002 > > > The NIPC Daily Report 11 January 2002 > > The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform > recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the > nation's critical infrastructures. > > New security vulnerability affects Linux. The "A Linux Intrusion > Detection System" security patch for the Linux kernel reportedly creates > a security vulnerability. Exploitation is easy and local users may be > able to gain unrestricted root privileges. (SecuriTeam.com, 10 JAN 02) *Which* intrusion detection patch? That covers a number of projects. That is like saying "A common Windows DLL may cause a problem". It does not tell you what you need to know. (I know. A bad example.)
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Sun May 26 2002 - 11:38:20 PDT