From: Guest section DW <dwguest@win.tue.nl>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, kernel@ddx.a2000.nu
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, enforcer@ddx.a2000.nu (Enforcer)
Subject: Re: Strange errors in /var/log/messages
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:42:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010702194212.A400@win.tue.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0107021800410.5490-100000@ddx.a2000.nu> <E15H6N5-000663-00@the-village.bc.nu>
In-Reply-To: <E15H6N5-000663-00@the-village.bc.nu>; from Alan Cox on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 05:16:23PM +0100
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 05:16:23PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I'm running RedHat 7.0 with all official RH patches applied. The kernel I
> > currently run fow a few days is 2.2.19-7.0.8
> > I run the pre-compiled kernel of RH. Suddenly I the following messages:
> >
> > Jul 2 15:12:16 gateway SERVER[1240]: Dispatch_input: bad request line
> > 'BBXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX%.176u%3
> > 00$nsecurity.%301$n%302$n%.192u%303$n\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\22
> These are for an application. Not sure which or why
See CERT Advisory CA-2000-22
http://www.infowar.com/iwftp/cert/advisories/CA-2000-22.html
"A popular replacement software package to the BSD lpd printing service
called LPRng contains at least one software defect, known as a "format string
vulnerability," which may allow remote users to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable systems."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-02 17:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-02 16:05 kernel
2001-07-02 16:11 ` Remco B. Brink
2001-07-02 16:16 ` Alan Cox
2001-07-02 17:42 ` Guest section DW [this message]
2001-07-02 19:51 ` kernel
2001-07-03 7:45 ` David Weinehall
2001-07-02 17:00 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-07-02 18:23 ` [OT] " Ville Herva
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