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Re: SECURITY PROBLEM: autofs [all versions]



On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Christopher W. Curtis wrote:

> Anthony Towns wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 08:52:23PM -0400, Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
> > > [...] filed a bug report against autofs
> > > and marked it as release critical.  I have heard nothing for the past
> > > two (three?) days and need to make this known: [...]
> > 
> > The bug tracking system has been playing up over the last couple of days,
> > it should be fixed now.
> > 
> > > [sneakernet to victim]
> > 
> > Alternatively:
> > 
> > [sneakernet to victim]
> > hit reset button, or toggle power switch
> > put bootable disk in drive
> 
> BIOS doesn't boot from floppy.
> BIOS has password.
> Server is down, people are screaming.

System as shipped boots from floppy.
System as shipped does not have password.




----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----
Version: 3.12
GCS d- s: a-- c+++ UL++++ P+ L++++ !E W+ M o+ K- W--- !O M- !V PS--
PE++ Y+ PGP++ t* 5++ X+ tv b+ D++ G e h*! !r z?
-----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
----BEGIN PGP INFO----
Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>        Finger Print | KeyID
67 01 42 93 CA 37 FB 1E    63 C9 80 1D 08 CF 84 0A | DE656B05 PGP
AD46 C888 F587 F8A3 A6DA  3261 8A2C 7DC2 8BD4 A489 | 8BD4A489 GPG
-----END PGP INFO-----



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