How is this a GNU/Linux worm
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| cgagnon Feb 21, 2006 3:04 AM EDT |
Although not easily (my supposition based on information on the net...I don't do windows), php runs under windows and I would hazard a guess that the Mambo CMS would as well. So how is this deemed a GNU/Linux worm? |
| AnonymousCoward Feb 21, 2006 3:12 AM EDT |
'Coz we're special. (-: Nothing ever happens to us, so when something can be connected with Linux, it is. Sensationalism, of a kind. |
| AnonymousCoward Feb 21, 2006 3:16 AM EDT |
Ah! There's the connection: the exploit was compiled with gcc. What can I say? It's about time: we've gone years without significant security excitement, now we're got something to do... if we run Mambo (I don't) and XML-RPC for PHP (I don't). Oh, well, back to twiddling thumbs, I guess... |
| AnonymousCoward Feb 21, 2006 3:21 AM EDT |
Sorry, forgot to mention: if you update your Linux system once a year, you will be invulnerable to this even if you're running the applications in question. The most recent vuln was Jul 2005, the other was Feb 2005. Call me paranoid, but I cron my updates in nightly. |
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