Re: [Sheflug] FYI : Worm notification

[Alastair Donlon <nospam [at] netsoc.ucd.ie>]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 05:00:54PM +0000, Barrie Bremner wrote:
>  > Robin.Cannings [at] arm.com wrote:
>  > 
>  > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>  > > Hash: SHA1
>  > > 
>  > > ALERT!  A DANGEROUS NEW WORM IS SPREADING ON THE INTERNET
> 
>  > > DESCRIPTION
>  > > 
>  > > The Lion worm is similar to the Ramen worm. However, this worm is
>  > > significantly more dangerous and should be taken very seriously.  It
>  > > infects Linux machines running the BIND DNS server.  It is known to
>  > > infect bind version(s) 8.2, 8.2-P1, 8.2.1, 8.2.2-Px, and all
>  > > 8.2.3-betas. The specific vulnerability used by the worm to exploit
>  > > machines is the TSIG vulnerability that was reported on January 29,
>  > > 2001.
>  
> Yet other reason to use djbdns - http://cr.yp.to/
> 
> Baz.
> 

Or Bind9.

A.D.
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