Yet another IIS hole

[Jim Herrmann]

Also to be fair, this Linux hole only applies to local access to the 
box.  Remote access, such as over the web, is not applicable.  The IIS 
hole, OTH, was responsible for a DOD web server being compromised.

Thanks,
Jim

Jason Clinton wrote:

> Kurt Kessler wrote:
>
>> Interesting read, and such good timing too...
>>
>> http://www.msnbc.com/news/886524.asp?cp1=1
>
>
> To be fair, everyone should patch their Linux kernels to the latest 
> released by your vendor. A local root hole was discovered in ptrace a 
> week ago. 2.4.21 will fix this.
>