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From: toddtowles at brookshires.com (Todd Towles)
Subject: Automated ssh scanning

I agree, so we are looking at a unknown local exploit for woody or we
are all missing something. 

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From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Tig
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 9:28 AM
To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Automated ssh scanning

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:08:15 -0500 (CDT) Ron DuFresne
<dufresne@...ternet.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> the real thing this user most likely suffered from was the weak 
> account passwd double, guest:guest.  Now, if the admin and other 
> account were setup with strong passwd's and this account was either 
> setup with a strong passwd or not setup at all might be a better test 
> of the stability of ssh and the debain setup in question.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron DuFresne
> 

I think some people are not really reading or understanding what is
going on. The box was a default install with one or two weak passwords
for _user_ accounts and a _strong_ password for the root.

Withing a short while, the root account was compromised, after the weak
user account was broken. I suggest people re-read what Richard Verwayen
has been saying (in German English, but still very readable :])

Basically, if you have a weak password on a user account, your root
account on a Debain box is screwed, other *nix distros maybe as well.

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