Security Flaw

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:11 am

http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5162055 ... g=nefd_top

Not as bad as the Window's ones, but there nonetheless.

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 12:41 pm

Well, No code is ever perfect, and I have never said that Linux is perfect.

However, a total of three security flaws in how many months? That seems just a bit more stable than Anything else out there. They'll have this fixed in the next kernel, probably within a week or so.

[PX]Kal Bob · Post by **[PX]Kal Bob** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 3:44 pm

Moreover, the discovery of serious flaws in the kernel the past three consecutive months raises questions about the "many eyes" theory, which maintains that open-source software can be audited for security holes easily and is therefore more secure. In reality, the majority of developers don't like to review old code, Huger said.

"I think the concept is great, but by and large, I don't think the practice is as true as people would like it to be," he said.

I disagree with this, the whole idea is that people put the kernel through hell to find bugs like this. The difference between Linux an Other companies is that they don't get pissy about a bug, they fix it.

For example, they relessed the 2.4.25 kernel patch to cover those holes. Thus I say, go iSEC Security Research, keep up the good work. And go Kernel Programers for fixing it so fast!

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:53 pm

Patch your box:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1644280,00.asp

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:53 am

http://news.com.com/New+worm+targets+Li ... &subj=news

Worm that installs a back door.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:52 pm

A compromised, script-happy server:

http://blog.gnist.org/article.php?story ... ayCracking

Interesting how he tracked it down and fixed it.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:47 pm

Rootkit for Linux hitting eBay servers:

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scr ... 6A000E4723

Remember--the kernel is secure but the OS is not.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:22 pm

URI security flaws on M$, Linux, and MacOSX:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2007101 ... rld/138428

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:39 pm

Guide to patching your Linux install:

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/linux-updat ... -1033.html

Also covers 3rd party patching software.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:59 am

Mac OSX (but since it's BSD-based, I thought I'd post it here) has 5 times as many critical flaws as XP and Vista combined this year:

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000 ... 625,00.htm

Now, is it just that OSX is less secure or that M$ isn't telling all of their vulnerabilities? That's the real question.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:18 am

Exploit for your *nix box:

http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/02/10/2011257.shtml

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:46 pm

Whoops!

http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/05/13/1533212.shtml

Debian accidentally lets people guess SSL/SSH codes.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:13 pm

Followup on the Debain SSL fiasco:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=11869

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:23 pm

How to write KDE and Gnome virus and malware:

http://it.slashdot.org/it/09/02/17/1526244.shtml

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:10 am

Linux botnet now created:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/12 ... h_malware/

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