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Security flaw hits Linux, Mac and Windows 2000

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Zombie9920:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-948728.html

Heh, I thought Linux/unix based systems didn't have flaws that allow hackers to take control of your system. *cough* *nix isn't as unbreakable as you guys claim *cough*.

[ August 07, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]

voidmain:
Then you haven't been following along have you?  There have been MANY such security flaws. In fact this isn't nearly as big of one as the last few that have come out. SSH and SSL flaws are far more dangerous than this one since most RPC services are turned off on internet attached computers (or should be). Like most of us who have been doing this for a while have always said, the key is being aware of any such issues (CERT) and fixing them as they come along which usually amounts to a non-issue in *NIX.  Now let's talk about viruses.

SpeeDFreaK:
"Apple Computer confirmed that its Mac OS X operating system contains the vulnerability, which has been fixed through a recent security update, available through the software's automatic update mechanism.

Several vendors of Unix and Unix-like operating systems, including Red Hat, Debian, FreeBSD, Sun and NetBSD said that their software was affected by the issue, and issued fixes. HP said it was investigating the bug's impact.

Microsoft said it is still investigating how Windows is affected by the problem."

Wow, everyone else is on the ball except...

voidmain:
And since Zombie brought up exploits. I find this newly discovered one for Windows extremely pleasing:

http://security.tombom.co.uk/shatter.html

Been there forever, and will probably always be there... sigh...

lazygamer:
Ok there still is the chance the Zombie is a well skilled wind0ze user who has come to be cynical of Linux through some unfortunate twists of fate. But this post confirms the suspicion of being related to X-pee user, or something to do with Microsoft. Or just being someone who knows less then he thinks?(like me  ;) )

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