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Re: [cobalt-developers] gmon.out a security issue?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] gmon.out a security issue?
- From: "Jonathan Michaelson" <michaelsonjd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Apr 1 05:33:05 2002
- List-id: Discussion Forum for developers on Sun Cobalt Networks products <cobalt-developers.list.cobalt.com>
Jeff,
> One of my colocation clients, who has been hacked several times, notices
> that there's a "gmon" out file, owned by root:siteX, in each directory
> of two websites owned by the same client.
>
> There's no reference to either "gmon" out or to gprofs (the program that
> produces it) in any of the files on either of the sites.
>
> Anyone have any ideas why or how this file could have appeared on these
> two sites?
I've just checked all our RaQs and it's on them all, including one that is
not and never has been on the internet (our test server). I'd guess that
this is something to do with the 13 March 2002 updates and unrelated to your
hacks.
Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson
Commercial CGI Products
http://www.webumake.com