Re: 2.2.18 exploit, and updating the kernel
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 06:16:22PM -0500, DORolfe@aol.com wrote:
> I have a potato system - with the 2.2.18 kernel. Somone has gotten into a box
> on my network and used this exploit to gain root:
> http://:infected.ilm.net/xpl0itz/l1nux/epcs2.c+epcs2&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1
> The other boxes that are net accessible are openbsd -- This system is a dual
> p6 so I need debian for smp.
>
> Is there a proper 'debian' way to go about patching the kernel against this
> exploit, or updating the kernel to 2.4.
>
2.2.18 is deprecated. Use the latest one (2.2.19) in potato.
It's rock solid (some security patches were backported in it).
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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