Linux Today SECURITY LETTER FOR JUNE 4, 2000 Latest Security News for the Linux and Open Source Community. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS: ------------------------------------------------------------------ DEBIAN SECURITY ADVISORY: PACKAGE: MAJORDOMO "The majordomo package as shipped in the non-free section accompanying Debian GNU/Linux 2.1/slink allows any local user to trick majordomo into executing arbitrary code or to create or write files as the majordomo user anywhere on the filesystem." COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=22815 ------------------------------------------------------------------ JUSTLINUX.COM: HERBIE? IS THAT YOU, BOY? "Sure, these e-mail attacks pretty much bounce off a Linux box like bullets off of Superman's chest. But even Superman can get whacked by kryptonite if he's not careful. And the kryptonite for Linux is the powerful nature of the operating system itself." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.justlinux.com/bin/feature/story.pl?fid=2289899 /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ RECEIVE VALUABLE LINUX / OPEN SOURCE INFORMATION BY E-MAIL Subscribe to our Linux / Open Source e-mail lists today and you'll receive targeted mailings that will notify you of products and services that meet your interests. Subscribers to these free lists will receive occasional e-mailed announcements of special offers relating to Linux / Open Source. Sign up today at http://e-newsletters.internet.com/mailinglists.html \--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/ ZDNET: VBS WORM TARGETS GNUTELLA USERS "Possibly malicious in intent, but benign in reality, the worm uses the Visual Basic Script language to store itself on an infected computer in 23 different files named, for example, Pamela Anderson movie listing.vbs, collegesex.vbs, Battlefield Earth.vbs, Napster Metallica Crack.vbs and NSync.vbs." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2581605,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the other sites in the Linux Channel: Linux Planet <http://www.linuxplanet.com>, LinuxStart <http://www.linuxstart.com>, Linux Central <http://www.linuxcentral.com>, and JustLinux <http://www.justlinux.com>. Also, check out the ISP-Linux Moderated Digest <http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/moderated/isp-linux/>. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To advertise on our newsletters and 125+ more at internet.com, please contact Frank Fazio: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Director, Inside Sales (203)-662-2997 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2000 internet.com Corp. <http://www.internet.com>. ------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Utk berhenti langganan, kirim email ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Informasi arsip di http://www.linux.or.id/milis.php3 Pengelola dapat dihubungi lewat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
