Re: [Hampshire] ssh permission denied?

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Author: Andy Smith
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] ssh permission denied?

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x5731e100.hantslug.org.uk.13568': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Wed Jan 26 11:36:19 2011 GMT
gpg: using DSA key 2099B64CBF15490B
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
Hello,

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 09:34:36AM +0000, Hugo Mills wrote:
>    It needn't be a single root-gaining attack: it could be a
> combination of a remote non-root attack (e.g. on apache) and a local
> root escalation.


If this is a Debian install then the recent Exim exploit is a good
candidate. I've had quite a few people caught by that and expect to
find more who still haven't realised they've been compromised yet.
:(

Cheers,
Andy

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