[NBLUG/talk] openssh exploit?

Scott Doty scott at sonic.net
Tue Sep 16 11:32:00 PDT 2003


On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:41:33AM -0700, Mitch Patenaude wrote:
> According to the buzz (Slashdot and the full disclosure list), there is 
> an active exploit in the wild -- a worm.  Several ISPs have starting 
> blocking port 22 both because of root exploits on their servers, and 
> because the worm actively makes MANY connection requests looking for 
> the right offset, creating a DOS.

Question:  how can one determine if a system has the worm?

 -Scott



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