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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4529- August  4, 2024
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 Unix Tip #4529- August  4, 2024
 
VULNERABILITIES IN UNIX  
  
  
Information provided by the Sans Institute:  
http://www.sans.org  
  
  
The ten most commonly exploited UNIX vulnerabilities?  
  
Poor system administration practices  
  
Reusable/poor passwords  
  
Flawed SUID programs (e.g., rdist, binmail)  
  
HTTP servers and CGI application vulnerabilities  
  
Default "+" entries in the /etc/hosts.equiv file  
  
NFS/NIS vulverabilities sendmail program bugs  
  
Buffer overruns (e.g., gets(), syslog())  
  
SUID shell scripts  
  
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