Archive for the tag "root"
Another glibc multilib update
Barely a week has passed, and we have yet another local root hole in glibc that needed patching. The Slackware ChangeLog said it like this: a/glibc-solibs-2.12.1-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt. Patched “The GNU C library dynamic linker will dlopen arbitrary DSOs during setuid loads.” This security issue allows a local attacker to gain root by specifying an unsafe [...]
Posted: 29 October, 2010 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: exploit, glibc, multilib, root
Comments: 7
Securing remote root access
If you ever ran a SSH server on the Internet, you will probably have noticed the massive amount of ssh break-in attempts. There are a few easy ways to get rid of the attacks and at the same time prevent your root account from being compromised. move the SSH listen port from TCP port 22 [...]
Posted: 28 February, 2010 in Software.
Tags: backups, passphrase, root, secure, ssh
Comments: 11