[SLUG] FW: lpd exploit?

[Marty <marty@nospam.netwaynetworks.com.au>]

Another Deadrat bug? Unconfirmed but likely - there's lots of scans going on
for lpd... 

I've also heard LPRng is exploitable... is that default with Deadrat 7?

Cheers,
Marty

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> Sent:	Friday, December 01, 2000 8:22 AM
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> Subject:	lpd exploit?
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> Not sure if this is true or not, but I thought I'd give a heads-up...
> 
> [12:01] <user1> dont run redhat 7
> [12:01] <user1> whatever you do
> [12:01] <user1> unless you wanna get hacked quickly
> [12:01] <user2> hah
> [12:01] <user2> seriously?
> [12:01] <user2> how could you hack RedHat 7?
> [12:02] <user1> uh
> [12:02] <user1> theres an lpd exploit out
> [12:02] <user1> that brute forces the offset
> [12:02] <user1> and
> [12:02] <user1> it will root every redhat box it touches
> [12:02] <user1> heh
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