Re: Anybody recognize this Solaris compromise?

On 18/04/07, jwmeritt@aol.com <jwmeritt@aol.com> wrote:
> 'a' telnetd vulnerability., not 'the' vulnerability.
>
> James W. Meritt
>  CISSP, CISA, NSA IAM, PMP

Matt said "if you were compromised by the telnetd vulnerability Jamie
linked to".
I linked to a specific vulnerability (incorrect sanitisation of the
USER environment variable apparently), hence 'the' is appropriate.

There have of course been other telnetd vulnerabilities in the past,
going back at least as far as 1991. ( e.g.
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1991-02.html ,
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-21.html )

cheers,
Jamie
--
Jamie Riden, CISSP / jamesr@europe.com / jamie@honeynet.org.uk
UK Honeynet Project: http://www.ukhoneynet.org/

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