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RE: [suse-security] Weekly-check: Is this normal ?



Hi!

I believe it's a simple hack to add -type f to the "find"...

Bye
     Eduard
--- Mario Neubert <mario_neubert@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Gunther
> 
> yes this is normal because the security-script runs a find for
> files and
> use it as input into ls(1) or whatever. What happens when 
> you get empty input?  By default the ls lists the current
> working
> directory and therefor this output. See
> /usr/lib/secchk/security~ekly.sh
> line ~ 90-124.
> 
> 
> cu mario
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gunther Stammwitz [mailto:gstammw@xxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:09 AM
> > To: suse-security@xxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [suse-security] Weekly-check: Is this normal ?
> > 
> > 
> > Hello List,
> > 
> > 
> > I've just received the weekly-check-report from one of my 
> > servers running
> > suse 8.0
> > There's a very annying message because a file called "." has
> 
> > been changed.
> > 
> > Do you think this is normal or did a hacker start installing
> 
> > rootkits ?
> > 
> > Greetings,
> > Gunther
> > 
> > 
> > SuSE weekly security check v2.0 by Marc Heuse <marc@xxxxxxx>
> 
> > This is an
> > automated mail by the seccheck tool. If you want to disable 
> > this service,
> > just type "mv /etc/cron.d/seccheck
> /etc/cron.d_seccheck.save".
> > 
> > DISCLAIMER
> > 
> > Please note that these security checks are neither complete 
> > nor reliable.
> > Any attacker with proper experience and root access to your
> system can
> > deceive *any* security check!
> > 
> > [..]
> > 
> > Please check and perhaps disable the following unused
> accounts:
> > 
> > The following files are suid/sgid:
> > - drwx------    7 root     root         4096 Tue Dec 31 
> > 15:28:17 2002 .
> > + drwx------    7 root     root         4096 Sat Apr 12 
> > 15:30:15 2003 .
> > 
> > The following program executables are group/world writeable:
> > - drwx------    7 root     root         4096 Tue Dec 31 
> > 15:28:17 2002 .
> > + drwx------    7 root     root         4096 Sat Apr 12 
> > 15:30:15 2003 .
> > 
> > The following devices were added:
> > - drwx------ 	root 	root 	4096 	Dec 	
> > + drwx------ 	root 	root 	4096 	Apr 	
> > 
> > 
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> 
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