full-disclosure - Automated ssh scanning

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From: tigger at onemoremonkey.com (Tig)
Subject: Automated ssh scanning

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:43:47 -0400
Gerry Eisenhaur <GEisenhaur@...co.com> wrote:

> I am confused, you said you knew about some SSH scanning going on,
> then set up those accounts on a box. Now you are curious way that box
> got rooted?
> 
> Maybe I am missing something, but it seems you already have a pretty 
> good assumption of why it got rooted.
> 
> The software, as you seem to know, is a few exploits, a backdoor and 
> some IRC stuff(bot and proxy).
> 
> /gerry
> 

I think you did miss the point (which was a very good one). Basically,
once you have unprivileged access to a currently patched Woody box, you
can quickly gain root access.

I would love to see this tested against other version of Linux and *BSD
with default (and updated) installations. Anyone have a spare box and a
few hours?

-Tig