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To: Al Bearse who started this subject	1/17/2001 1:07:51 PM
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Linux is secure... Internet worm squirms into Linux servers By Robert Lemos Special to CNET News.com January 17, 2001, 9:25 a.m. PT An Internet worm cobbled together from generally available hacking tools has compromised hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Linux servers by using two well-known security flaws in applications set up during the default installation of Red Hat Linux software. Known as the Ramen worm, the self-spreading program appears to have been created by common Internet vandals--called script kiddies. As of Wednesday morning, the worm was continuing to spread. The worm spreads by scanning the Internet for servers based on Red Hat 6.2 or 7.0 and then attempts to gain access using two common exploits. When it does gain access, it installs a so-called root kit, which patches the security holes and installs special programs that replace common system functions. Ramen also replaces the main page on Web servers with an HTML file claiming: "RameN Crew--Hackers looooooooooooove noodles." Finally, the new worm sends an e-mail message to two Web-based accounts, boots up and starts scanning the Internet again. Spitzner and other security experts on the Bugtraq mailing list detected the worm earlier this week when they noticed an increase in scans for the RPC.statd and wu-FTP vulnerabilities that plague the default installations of most Linux servers. The worm, however, limits its spread to servers based on Red Hat 6.2 and 7.0. news.cnet.com

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