[ILUG] Fwd: RedHat: Buffer Overflow in "ls" and "mkdir"

[kevin lyda]

On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 01:21:39PM +0100, fuzzbucket wrote:
> It's a strange one. Who'd fall for it? Are there Linux admins out there
> with the Win admin way of doing things? They know how to compile
> software because it's written down for them? Strange.

isn't there a saying along the lines of, "no one has ever gone brok
underestimating people's stupidity."

> So, the classic Linux virus scenario has come true: get tarball virus,
> extract, check deps, compile, make executable, install, su, run. I tried
> having a read of the source, but my C is rustier than the Titanic and
> it's too damn early :)

pathetic that it's written in c.  perl, python or shell would be better.

kevin

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