openwall kernel patch

2002-04-23 Thread Nik Engel
Hi ! How are your results using the openwall kernel patch ? www.openwall.com Any experience ? __ Nik Engel NETWAYS GmbH Senior Systems Engineer Deutschherrnstr. 47a Fon.0911/92885-13 D-90429 Nürnberg

Re: Security problem in PHP3+Postgres with Potato?

2002-04-23 Thread SIBAUD Benoît FTRD/DAC/ISS
Hi, In March the 25th, I wrote a line about a security problem with PHP3+postgres+apache shipped with Potato, due to character encoding. The security team judged it wasn't a security problem, so I suppose I can publish details about the problem. apache 1.3.9-14 php3 3.0.18-0

postfix + tls

2002-04-23 Thread Luis Gómez Miralles
Hi all! I am trying to set up postfix (which I am new to) to use SASL authentication. However, it seems that the postfix-tls package provided with woody is a patch for the source code of postfix 1.1.0. Is there a way I can get a postfix+sasl solution which is completely .deb-dependant? I like tha

Re: openwall kernel patch

2002-04-23 Thread Gergely Trifonov
hi i've been using openwall on a number of potato boxes w/ 2.2.20 for quite a long time, but got no experience with the new 2.4.x version (it was released a few days ago). i use openwall along with hap and the pax patch (pax needs to be modified to work with ow+hap, i did a modified patch). my ex

Re: openwall kernel patch

2002-04-23 Thread Vincent
According to Nik Engel: > Hi ! > How are your results using the openwall kernel patch ? > www.openwall.com > Any experience ? Hi ! I've used it to compare its efficiency to other buffer overflow protections. I would suggest you to have a look at the Grsecurity patch if you intend to have O

qpopper: new upstream version 4.04 fixes DoS

2002-04-23 Thread Noel Koethe
Package: qpopper Version: N/A; reported 2002-04-23 Severity: grave Tags: security Hello, the new upstream version 4.04 from qpopper fixes a DoS. Please update the package. More infos about the problem: http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/4295 ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/

Re: passwd by WWW

2002-04-23 Thread Marcin Bednarz
Hi all. > On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:35:53 +1000 > Ian Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've come across this problem too. I think i searched freshmeat.net, and > > found a few scripts which did the trick - however I wasn't confident > > enough to put them into place. > > > > Is www a priority

Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Stefan Srdic
hi, Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on me. It crashed and I received the following message on the console: passwd: Critical error - immediate abort I thought that I could still use my old root password but cannot. I attempted to boot straight into a sh

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Anne Carasik
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:12:02PM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on me. It >crashed and I received the following message on the console: > > passwd: Critical error - immediate abort Ooo... > I thought that I could still us

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 22, Stefan Srdic wrote: > > Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on > me. It crashed and I received the following message on the console: > > passwd: Critical error - immediate abort > > I thought that I could still use my old root password but cannot.

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Andrew Tait
Using init=/bin/sh , manually edit the /etc/shadow file. Copy the root section from another linux box (that you know the password for) and type it in letter by letter. That should give you a valid root password. Andrew Tait System Administrator Country NetLink Pty, Ltd E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Luis Gómez Miralles
Hi, Simple. Do the init=/bin/sh trick. When you're booted, mount / -o remount,rw Then edit /etc/passwd and add this to /etc/passwd: root2::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash This should do the trick :) Hope it works! El mar, 23-04-2002 a las 00:12, Stefan Srdic escribió: > hi, > > Last night when I att

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Kevin
if you're using libpam-cracklib it could be related to this http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=112965&repeatmerged=yes > hi, > Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on me. It >crashed and I received the following message on the console: > pas

RE: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Howland, Curtis
Stef, I've noticed during the boot sequence of 2.4.18, after the ramdisk is loaded there is a 5 second pause during which time you can get a root shell. Do you get this opportunity? I realize it asks for a password, but it is one more thing to try. Other than that, using a rescue disk or the i

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Stefan Srdic
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:56:51 -0700 Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if you're using libpam-cracklib it could be related to this > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=112965&repeatmerged=yes > > > Thank you so much, After reading that bug report I realized that I was using l

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Kevin
the last reply for that bug (quoted below) seems to have a solution, although i haven't tried it myself. it would seem you just need to install one of the wordlist packages (ie wenglish) and then rerun the /etc/cron.daily/cracklib script. the wordlist should probably be a dependency for libpam-

openwall kernel patch

2002-04-23 Thread Nik Engel
Hi ! How are your results using the openwall kernel patch ? www.openwall.com Any experience ? __ Nik Engel NETWAYS GmbH Senior Systems Engineer Deutschherrnstr. 47a Fon.0911/92885-13 D-90429 Nürnberg

Re: Security problem in PHP3+Postgres with Potato?

2002-04-23 Thread SIBAUD Benoît FTRD/DAC/ISS
Hi, In March the 25th, I wrote a line about a security problem with PHP3+postgres+apache shipped with Potato, due to character encoding. The security team judged it wasn't a security problem, so I suppose I can publish details about the problem. apache 1.3.9-14 php3 3.0.18-0p

postfix + tls

2002-04-23 Thread Luis Gómez Miralles
Hi all! I am trying to set up postfix (which I am new to) to use SASL authentication. However, it seems that the postfix-tls package provided with woody is a patch for the source code of postfix 1.1.0. Is there a way I can get a postfix+sasl solution which is completely .deb-dependant? I like that

Re: openwall kernel patch

2002-04-23 Thread Gergely Trifonov
hi i've been using openwall on a number of potato boxes w/ 2.2.20 for quite a long time, but got no experience with the new 2.4.x version (it was released a few days ago). i use openwall along with hap and the pax patch (pax needs to be modified to work with ow+hap, i did a modified patch). my exp

Re: openwall kernel patch

2002-04-23 Thread Vincent
According to Nik Engel: > Hi ! > How are your results using the openwall kernel patch ? > www.openwall.com > Any experience ? Hi ! I've used it to compare its efficiency to other buffer overflow protections. I would suggest you to have a look at the Grsecurity patch if you intend to have OW

qpopper: new upstream version 4.04 fixes DoS

2002-04-23 Thread Noel Koethe
Package: qpopper Version: N/A; reported 2002-04-23 Severity: grave Tags: security Hello, the new upstream version 4.04 from qpopper fixes a DoS. Please update the package. More infos about the problem: http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/4295 ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/C

Re: passwd by WWW

2002-04-23 Thread Marcin Bednarz
Hi all. > On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:35:53 +1000 > Ian Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've come across this problem too. I think i searched freshmeat.net, and > > found a few scripts which did the trick - however I wasn't confident > > enough to put them into place. > > > > Is www a priority?

Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Stefan Srdic
hi, Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on me. It crashed and I received the following message on the console: passwd: Critical error - immediate abort I thought that I could still use my old root password but cannot. I attempted to boot straight into a she

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Anne Carasik
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:12:02PM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on > me. It crashed and I received the following message on the console: > > passwd: Critical error - immediate abort Ooo... > I thought that I could still us

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 22, Stefan Srdic wrote: > > Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on > me. It crashed and I received the following message on the console: > > passwd: Critical error - immediate abort > > I thought that I could still use my old root password but cannot.

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Andrew Tait
Using init=/bin/sh , manually edit the /etc/shadow file. Copy the root section from another linux box (that you know the password for) and type it in letter by letter. That should give you a valid root password. Andrew Tait System Administrator Country NetLink Pty, Ltd E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WW

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Luis Gómez Miralles
Hi, Simple. Do the init=/bin/sh trick. When you're booted, mount / -o remount,rw Then edit /etc/passwd and add this to /etc/passwd: root2::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash This should do the trick :) Hope it works! El mar, 23-04-2002 a las 00:12, Stefan Srdic escribió: > hi, > > Last night when I atte

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Kevin
if you're using libpam-cracklib it could be related to this http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=112965&repeatmerged=yes > hi, > Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on > me. It crashed and I received the following message on the console: > pas

RE: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Howland, Curtis
Stef, I've noticed during the boot sequence of 2.4.18, after the ramdisk is loaded there is a 5 second pause during which time you can get a root shell. Do you get this opportunity? I realize it asks for a password, but it is one more thing to try. Other than that, using a rescue disk or the i

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Stefan Srdic
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:56:51 -0700 Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if you're using libpam-cracklib it could be related to this > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=112965&repeatmerged=yes > > > Thank you so much, After reading that bug report I realized that I was using li

Re: Lost root password!!

2002-04-23 Thread Kevin
the last reply for that bug (quoted below) seems to have a solution, although i haven't tried it myself. it would seem you just need to install one of the wordlist packages (ie wenglish) and then rerun the /etc/cron.daily/cracklib script. the wordlist should probably be a dependency for libpam-c