Re: Query abouut root account
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On 16.07.2012 10:01, Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a server that is running Firestarter on Debian 5.
>
> I have forgotten the root password, and have not logged into root
> on that computer, or updated the system, for about a year, I
> think.
Did you update that system?
If not, you may be "lucky" and your kernel still is vulnerable to a
(local) root-exploit. Iirc there was one at start of this year (or was
that last year?....it was some pre 3.x kernel).
Greetings
HP
PS:
It may have been this one:
http://git.zx2c4.com/CVE-2012-0056/tree/mempodipper.c
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