Red Hat Linux Exploit: Ramen Worm Compromises Thousands Of Servers

An Internet worm cobbled together from generally available hacking tools has compromised hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Linux servers by using two well-known security flaws in applications set up during the default installation of Red Hat Linux software.. . . An Internet worm cobbled together from generally available hacking tools has compromised hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Linux servers by using two well-known security flaws in applications set up during the default installation of Red Hat Linux software.

Known as the Ramen worm, the self-spreading program appears to have been created by common Internet vandals--called script kiddies. As of Wednesday morning, the worm was continuing to spread.

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