[GLLUG] Debian Server hacked

[Bruce Richardson]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 04:33:47PM +0100, Rich wrote:
> Bruce Richardson <itsbruce at uklinux.net> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:54:19AM +0100, .myke wrote:
> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/07/msg00003.html
> >> 
> >> A Gluck server at Debian was discovered to be hacked yesterday.  They  
> >> have taken it offline and are preparing to rebuilding.
> >
> > They should be using Stable for their infrastructure.  If they had been,
> > this would not have happened.
> 
> It was a kernel vulnerability. This is the first reported usage of the
> vulnerability. The relevant kernel version is in stable and testing.

Eh? 2.6.8-2 is the latest official stable kernel.


-- 
Bruce

I must admit that the existence of Disneyland (which I know is real)
proves that we are not living in Judea in AD 50. -- Philip K. Dick
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