Have you ever heard of a Linux vendor that tried to deny a security flaw in their open source product? "A number of Unix vendors have been alerted to a security flaw, but Sun Microsystems is refusing to acknowledge that any problem exists. Six vendors, including IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun, have been alerted to a vulnerability that ships with several Unix systems, which could allow a malicious attacker to take control of an affected system.. . .
Have you ever heard of a Linux vendor that tried to deny a security flaw in their open source product? "A number of Unix vendors have been alerted to a security flaw, but Sun Microsystems is refusing to acknowledge that any problem exists. Six vendors, including IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun, have been alerted to a vulnerability that ships with several Unix systems, which could allow a malicious attacker to take control of an affected system.

Internet Security Systems (ISS) identified the Unix vulnerability about a month ago, and the company warned that the serious weakness could be found in six Unix vendors' systems. ISS and CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) issued an advisory about the problem. While Caldera, Compaq and IBM said they had a patch for the problem, HP disagreed on the versions of its Unix flavour that needed the patch.

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