Linux virus ??

[Net Llama!]

This is old news (at least 2 weeks ago).  Its not so much a virus as a
trojan.  See
https://www.redhat.com/security/

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, 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).
>
> 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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