[Bug 147864] Re: Profanity in error message
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[Bug 147864] Re: Profanity in error message
** Attachment added: Profane error message screenshot http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9628546/profanity_sample.jpg -- Profanity in error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147864 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 147864] Re: Profanity in error message
Should be an easy fix? At least it would be nice to have it escalated upstream. -- Profanity in error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147864 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 147864] Re: Profanity in error message
Looks like this root kit to me. (Anyone else care to comment?) http://seclists.org/incidents/2003/Oct/0071.html -- Profanity in error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147864 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 147864] Re: Profanity in error message
Indeed this is from the SucKIT rootkit; the ostentatious usage of the f-word in error messages is a real giveaway. Pull the network cable please, your system has been compromised. -- Profanity in error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147864 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 147864] Re: Profanity in error message
Thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. However, this is a rootkit, not a bug. See: http://seclists.org/incidents/2003/Oct/0071.html I am closing this bug as Invalid. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Invalid -- Profanity in error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147864 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs