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Red Hat Linux 6.2 Piranha Package Back Door Threat Report

Calendar Apr 27, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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security advisory Red Hat remote access back door Linux Piranha security hole
MSNBC seems to have a comment on the "back door" recently found in a Red Hat package. "It makes a change to see a story about a gaping security hole in a Linux package for a change, rather than . . . MSNBC seems to have a comment on the "back door" recently found in a Red Hat package. "It makes a change to see a story about a gaping security hole in a Linux package for a change, rather than in a Microsoft product, and many Linux fans smell a rat for that very reason. Especially given what the MS in MSNBC stands for." ... "MSNBC has created something of a stir by announcing an undocumented back door password in Red Hat's Linux 6.2 Piranha package, which allows remote users all the god-like powers of the Web server. All you have to do is enter the login name "piranha" and the password "Q".
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