Linux virus ??

[David Bandel]

Folks,

Just heard from a friend of mine that a Linux "virus" is out (note: I
have not checked the veracity of this report).

Appears to come from RedHat as a security notice (NO distro I know
sends out e-mail security notices).

Wants you to d/l some code.
Make it executable.
Become root.
Run it.
(duh).

What it does:
add a new user (bash); presumably with UID 0
saves network information to a file called mama
spawns sshd
mails mama off to wherever.

With more clueless newbies every day, Linux may start having problems
with amateur social engineering nonsense like this.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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