On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 09:16:29AM -0800, Alan wrote: > On Friday 11 January 2002 08:17, George Heuston wrote: > > 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.) They're referring to the LIDS project. Details are at: http://lids.webmotion.net/advisory1.txt.html -- Steve Beattie Don't trust programmers? <steve@private> Complete StackGuard distro at http://NxNW.org/~steve/ immunix.org "Fight for freedom by giving up civil liberties!"
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