I guess we should expect a whole lot of attempts to connect to the ports used by NTP once the script kiddies figure this one out.
I probably average about 20 connect attempts to ports 53 and 111 every day. jmb >Package: ntp >Vulnerability: remote root exploit >Debian-specific: no > >Przemyslaw Frasunek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> reported that ntp >daemons such as that released with Debian GNU/Linux are vulnerable to a >buffer overflow that can lead to a remote root exploit. This has been >corrected for Debian 2.2 (potato) in ntp version 4.0.99g-2potato1. > >We recommend you upgrade your ntp package immediately. > >wget url > will fetch the file for you >dpkg -i file.deb > will install the referenced file. -------- The Arthem Group - Your number one source for web site design and hosting services [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.arthem.com
