Stanford’s Linux systems attacked

ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
edited April 2004 in Science & Tech
MULTI USER Solaris and Linux boxes at the prestigious Stanford University campus have been turned over by hackers.

According to an "advisory", or warning as we used to call it, put out by the university's Information Technology Systems and Services department its Solaris and Linux computers were the target of a "large number of sophisticated attacks by an individual or a group."

The hackers cracked or sniffed passwords, before local user accounts were escalated to root privileges by triggering a variety of local exploits, including the do_brk() and mremap() exploits on Linux and the sadmind, arbitrary kernel loading modules and passwd vulnerabilities on Solaris.
The hackers cracked or sniffed passwords, before local user accounts were escalated to root privileges by triggering a variety of local exploits, including the do_brk() and mremap() exploits on Linux and the sadmind, arbitrary kernel loading modules and passwd vulnerabilities on Solaris.
Weak, really weak.

Source: The Inquirer

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    The indomitable Linux security marches on. :D
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    The indomitable Linux security marches on. :D

    Give it a few minutes and it will be fixed.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited April 2004
    Given the level of semi-altruism taking place with this project, who in their right mind would do something to harm it? Atrocious, simply atrocious.

    KingFish
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited April 2004
    Or just plain stupid. :shakehead:

    Could it be Seti trying to take out it's rivals. :D:eek:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    From what I've read, the F@H servers weren't targeted, and stanford wasn't the only target.

    I heard that several supercomputers around the world were targeted all at once, including the TeraGrid project.

    Why some hackers want all the world's supercomputers compromised is actually a somewhat disturbing thought......
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited April 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    Why some hackers want all the world's supercomputers compromised is actually a somewhat disturbing thought......

    It sure is. Well at least fah wasn't the only ones so i guess Seti's of the hook now. :D
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