Re: [Security - intern] [linux-security] *ALERT*: ADM Worm. Wormfor Linux x86 found in wild.

[Jan-Philip Velders <jpv jvelders tn tudelft nl>]

On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Thomas Biege wrote:

> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:34:10 +0100 (MET)
> From: Thomas Biege <thomas suse de>
> To: Jan-Philip Velders <jpv jvelders tn tudelft nl>
> Cc: linux-security redhat com
> Subject: Re: [Security - intern] [linux-security] *ALERT*: ADM Worm. Worm for
    Linux x86 found in wild.

> The worm just exploits old security holes, so if you keep update with your
> daemons you haven't fear about that worm.

Eh, the guy who reported it on BugTraq said it was a RedHat 5.2 box.
AFAIK 5.2 is fairly recent, and could only contain 'newer' holes, like the
stuff with wu-ftpd...

>      Thomas

Greetings,
Jan-Philip Velders