Re: Linux Kernel Exploits / ABFrag

From: dr john halewood (john@frumious.unidec.co.uk)
Date: 10/17/02 

From: dr john halewood <john@frumious.unidec.co.uk>
To: daniel.roberts@hushmail.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, vuln-dev@securityfocus.com, incidents@securityfocus.com
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:12:43 +0100

On Thursday 17 October 2002 2:00 am, daniel.roberts@hushmail.com wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> ABfrag - Linux Kernel ( <= 2.4.20pre20 ) Remote Syncing exploit
>

 I think this is a bit of a giveaway: mentioning a kernel that doesn't exist
suggests this program is not what it claims to be (Marcelo released
2.4.20-pre11 two days ago).

cheers
john

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