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Thursday, November 29, 2001
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8007615.html?tag=mn_hd Software flaw threatens Linux servers By Robert Lemos A vulnerability in the most widely used FTP server program for Linux has left numerous sites open to online attackers, a situation worsened when Red Hat mistakenly released information on the flaw early, leaving other Linux companies scrambling to get a fix out. "Other vendors didn't have a patch," said Alfred Huger, vice president of engineering for network security information provider SecurityFocus. The company has been working with vendors to fix the vulnerability after computer security company Core Security Technologies alerted them to the problem Nov. 14....
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