Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Kernels 2.2 and 2.4 exploit (ALL VERSION WHAT I HAVE TESTED UNTILL NOW!) | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 19 Mar 2003 16:13:05 +0000 |
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On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 14:55, Anders Gustafsson wrote: > If access can't be shut down while compiling the new kernel > > echo /foo/bar/doesnotexist >/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe > > would help, wouldn't it?
Against the default exploit circulating yes, in the general case we don't believe so. Realistically we are a day or two before a major war breaks out with huge amounts of bad feeling involved. It is not the time to put off security updates, especially if you have a potentially US or UK domain name/address range
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