Linux virus ??

[Jerry McBride]

On Wednesday 08 December 2004 07:13 pm, David Bandel wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:27:29 -0800, Bill Campbell
>
> <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2004, Raymond Russell wrote:
> > >On Nov 8, 2004, at 12:38 PM, David Bandel wrote:
> > >>Folks,
> > >>
> > >>Just heard from a friend of mine that a Linux "virus" is out (note: I
> > >>have not checked the veracity of this report).
> >
> > There was an article today in InfoWorld about another image library
> > vulnerability:
> >
> >         http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/12/08/morelinuxbugs_1.html
>
> Looks like a 'make the M$ morons not feel alone' exploit article.
>
> What I want to know is how my non-privileged user (david) could cause
> a SYSTEM COMPROMISE by viewing a "specially crafted image"?  Or for
> that fact, by running any code when I DON'T HAVE SYSTEM PRIVILEGES!
> When I do work in my system, it's in a cli where I wouldn't be viewing
> any images.
>
> Is everyone in M$ land as dumb as this idiot?
>

That's been my discovery... :')



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