[KLUG Members] Dedian Alert

[Peter Buxton]

> copycon wrote:
> 
> > There's a high S/N ratio on the debian-user mailing list but it
> > seems that 4-5 servers have been compromised in the Debian network.
> > 
> > At this time it does not appear that any deb packages have been
> > affected.  But Debian is recommending you delay any package upgrades
> > for the time being.

More info on the exploit:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200311/msg00012.html

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