on Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 06:33:39PM +1300, Paul William ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is the stock woody 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel affected by the kernel exploit
> that was used to attack the debian.org servers? If it is affected then
> what kernel is safe? 

*All* 2.4 installation kernels predate the patch, and are vulnerable.

Your safe options are 2.2.x kernels, a patched 2.4.18, 2.4.(>=23), and
presumably the 2.6 tree.


Peace.

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