VERY Dangerous Hole ...
Steve Loudermilk
slouder at note.nsf.gov
Tue Jan 31 06:47:27 AEST 1989
Reply-to: slouder at note.nsf.gov (Steve Loudermilk)
Hi,
On 22 Dec 88, a notice was posted on this bulletin board by a
Mr. Ning Zhang in Germany announcing he had discovered a "very
dangerous security hole in UNIX". He said he had drafted a report
on it.
I was of the opinion that much more would be forthcoming if there
really was such a problem. Nothing else has been posted concerning
this. And I have seen nothing on other BBs which are linked to this
message. I was ready to write it off as a false alarm. However, other's
in my office, and rightly so, have urged me to "close the loop" and
find out for sure.
Is there really a big problem? Is it the same as ftp, finger,
or sendmail problems which have been handled so well by others in the
internet community?
Excuse me if I have missed something here, but I believe such an
announcement deserves a followup explanation.
Thanks,
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Steve Loudermilk Internet: slouder at note.nsf.gov
Integrated Microcomputer Systems Inc. Phonenet: (202) 357-9648
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