Fixing Security Backdoors:<br> Red Hat 1, Microsoft 0
C. McNulty - May 9, 2000

Event Summary

On 25 April 2000, MSNBC reported that Internet Security Solutions had identified a security 'back door' in Red Hat Linux 6.2. The backdoor involves an 'extra', but undocumented, administrative password that allows users to run rogue programs on a Red Hat server via a Web-based administrator's interface. To its credit, Red Hat responded and posted a fix within six hours of the report...