Re: Voluminous SSHd scanning; possible worm activity?

[Markus Friedl <markus () openbsd org>]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:25:49PM -0600, Schroeder, Eric wrote:
> Jay,
>       There was a recent vulnerability discovered in RedHat's OpenSSH. I
> have included the RH notice on the fix.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory
> Synopsis:          Updated OpenSSH packages available
> Advisory ID:       RHSA-2001:161-08
> Issue date:        2001-12-03
> Updated on:        2001-12-04
> Product:           Red Hat Linux
> Keywords:          openssh uselogin
> Cross references:  
> Obsoletes:         RHSA-2001:154
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

no, i think this is completely unrelated. this advisory is about a
local problem. everybody ignores this.

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