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Re: GEN: New Worm Targets Linux Systems From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Tue Nov 8 20:58:08 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: ainsron: "Re: Impaired Glucose Tolerance vs Gestational Diabetes - treatment?" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Impaired Glucose Tolerance vs Gestational Diabetes - treatment?" In reply to: art fougner, md: "GEN: New Worm Targets Linux Systems" It was a matter of time.. >At Tue, 8 Nov 2005, art fougner, md wrote: > >Head's up to EL and all those who rely on Linux. > >New worm targets Linux systems >By Joris Evers >Staff Writer, CNET News.com >Published: November 7, 2005, 5:12 PM PST > >A new worm that propagates by exploiting security vulnerabilities in Web >server software is attacking Linux systems, warned antivirus companies >on Monday. > >The worm spreads by exploiting Web servers that host susceptible scripts >at specific locations, according to antivirus software maker McAfee, >which has named the worm "Lupper." > >Lupper blindly attacks Web servers, installing and executing a copy of >the worm when a vulnerable server is found, McAfee said in its >description of the worm. > >A backdoor is installed on infected servers, giving the attacker remote >control over the system. The server joins a network of compromised >systems, which can be used, for example, in attacks against other >computers, according to McAfee. > >The worm exploits three vulnerabilities to propagate the XML-RPC for PHP >Remote Code Injection vulnerability; AWStats Rawlog Plugin Logfile >Parameter Input Validation vulnerability; and Darryl Burgdorf's Webhints >Remote Command Execution Vulnerability, according to Symantec's online >description of the worm. > >http://news.com.com/New+worm+targets+Linux+systems/2100-7349_3-5938475.html?tag=nefd.top > >-- >art fougner, md > >"I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early." >Lawrence Peter Berra > -- Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845) ~walt whitman~ Next message: ainsron: "Re: Impaired Glucose Tolerance vs Gestational Diabetes - treatment?" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Impaired Glucose Tolerance vs Gestational Diabetes - treatment?" In reply to: art fougner, md: "GEN: New Worm Targets Linux Systems"

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