Linux Today SECURITY LETTER FOR JUNE 26, 2000

Latest Security News for the Linux and Open Source Community.

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TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS:

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LINUXSECURITY.COM: LINUX SECURITY WEEK, JUNE 26TH 2000

"Multiple vendors released fixes for the serious wu-ftpd
vulnerability. The problem exists in wu-ftpd's handling of
the SITE EXEC command. The default configuration of wu-ftpd is
vulnerable to remote users gaining root access."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/forums_article-963.html

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SECURITY PORTAL: WEEKLY LINUX SECURITY ROUNDUP - 2000/06/19
TO 2000/06/25

"Mandrake also wins (hands down) the "easiest distribution
to break into remotely" and "easiest distribution to break
into locally", having finally released 8 fixes for very
severe security bugs in 7.1 (their latest, not so greatest
distribution). They still haven't got a central site for updates
either, good luck finding them."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://securityportal.com/topnews/weekly/linux20000626.html

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SECURITY PORTAL: SHREDDING ACCESS IN THE NAME OF SECURITY:
SET UID AUDITS

"Almost every time I read an article on securing a Unix/Linux
box, I find a glaring omission. They all discuss turning off
unneeded services, like ftp and telnet, but rarely do they
cover the next step of performing a SUID audit."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://securityportal.com/cover/coverstory20000626.html

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LINUX.COM: POST INSTALLATION

"Not every Linux user has the time, devotion or patience
needed in order to become an apt, security-minded Linux
user. Fortunately there are a few simple steps that, if followed,
can increase the integrity and security of a network-connected
Linux system."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.linux.com/news/articles.phtml?sid=93&aid=9167

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LINUXSECURITY.COM: PULL THE PLUG?

"I can sum up the goal of pulltheplug.com in one word:
learning. That's the entire purpose of pulltheplug.com. I get
a chance to learn, others get a chance to learn, etc. I think
and hope that it is a win-win situation for everyone that comes
and uses my network. The best part about pulltheplug.com in
my opinion is no holds barred learning. That's the best there
is. As I state on my site, just about anything goes except
Denial of Service attacks and anything else that is more or
less useless and stupid."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/feature_story-50.html

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LIBRENIX: BENIFICIAL COMPUTER VIRUSES

"An article on last week's front page of
SecurityPortal... contains an alarming suggestion. It proposes
that we..."Develop antiviral viruses (antibodies) that are
polymorphic and mobile. Roaming the Internet they would seek out
and destroy new viral strains. ..." There are several problems
with this idea."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://librenix.com/?inode=80

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ROOTPROMPT.ORG: INTRUSION DETECTION: KNOWING WHEN SOMEONE IS
KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR

"Your network is being scanned for vulnerabilities. This
may happen only once a month or twice a day, regardless,
there are people out there probing your network and systems
for weaknesses."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=581

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