------------------------------------------------------------------------ Local rootexploit in Linux kernel http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1070525011

After the [1]breakin in the servers of the [2]Debian project, [3]analyzes showed that a hole in the Linux kernels below 2.4.22 was used to gain root and install [4]suckit. It is the same technique used in the [5]breakin in our environement in spring.

References

1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-20... 2. http://www.debian.org/ 3. http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/debian-announce-2003/msg00003.html 4. https://www.phrack.com/show.php?p=58&a=7 5. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1049196870/index_html

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