Re: [pgsql-www] FW: (AUSCERT ESB-2003.0563) CERT Advisory CA-2003-21 - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

any idea what version of ftp they are/were running?  I may be blind, but I
dont' see it in the announce, and its not showing up when you ftp into
them :(  We're running a fairly recent wu-ftpd, but just want to make
sure:

    Version wu-2.6.2(1) Wed Jun 4 18:22:39 GMT 2003

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Justin Clift wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Not sure if people have or haven't seen this already.
>
> The GNU Project's FTP servers were root compromised some time ago, and it was only discovered recently.
>
> :-(
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:    auscert@auscert.org.au
> > Sent:    Thursday, 14 August 2003 1:59 pm
> > To:    auscert-subscriber@auscert.org.au
> > Subject:    (AUSCERT ESB-2003.0563) CERT Advisory CA-2003-21 - GNU Project FTP Server Compromise
> >
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >
> > ===========================================================================
> >              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
> >
> >                  ESB-2003.0563 -- CERT Advisory CA-2003-21
> >                      GNU Project FTP Server Compromise
> >                               14 August 2003
> >
> > ===========================================================================
> >
> >         AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
> >         ---------------------------------
> >
> > Product:                GNU Software
> > Publisher:              CERT/CC
> > Impact:                 Root Compromise
> >                         Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
> > Access Required:        Remote
> >
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> >
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> >
> > CERT Advisory CA-2003-21 GNU Project FTP Server Compromise
> >
> >    Original issue date: August 13, 2003
> >    Last revised: --
> >    Source: CERT/CC
> >
> >    A complete revision history is at the end of this file.
> >
> > Overview
> >
> >    The  CERT/CC has received a report that the system housing the primary
> >    FTP servers for the GNU software project was compromised.
> >
> > I. Description
> >
> >    The GNU Project, principally sponsored by the Free Software Foundation
> >    (FSF),  produces  a  variety of freely available software. The CERT/CC
> >    has  learned  that  the system housing the primary FTP servers for the
> >    GNU  software  project,  gnuftp.gnu.org,  was  root  compromised by an
> >    intruder.  The more common host names of ftp.gnu.org and alpha.gnu.org
> >    are  aliases  for  the  same  compromised  system.  The  compromise is
> >    reported to have occurred in March of 2003.
> >
> >    The FSF has released an announcement describing the incident.
> >
> >    Because  this  system  serves  as  a  centralized  archive  of popular
> >    software,  the  insertion  of  malicious  code  into  the  distributed
> >    software  is  a  serious  threat. As the above announcement indicates,
> >    however,  no  source  code  distributions  are  believed  to have been>
> >    maliciously modified at this time.
> >
> > II. Impact
> >
> >    The  potential  exists  for  an  intruder to have inserted back doors,
> >    Trojan   horses,   or  other  malicious  code  into  the  source  code
> >    distributions of software housed on the compromised system.
> >
> > III. Solution
> >
> >    We   encourage   sites  using  the  GNU  software  obtained  from  the
> >    compromised system to verify the integrity of their distribution.
> >
> >    Sites  that  mirror  the  source  code  are  encouraged  to verify the
> >    integrity of their sources. We also encourage users to inspect any and
> >    all  other software that may have been downloaded from the compromised
> >    site.  Note that it is not always sufficient to rely on the timestamps
> >    or  file  sizes  when trying to determine whether or not a copy of the
> >    file has been modified.
> >
> > Verifying checksums
> >
> >    The  FSF has produced PGP-signed lists of known-good MD5 hashes of the
> >    software packages housed on the compromised server. These lists can be
> >    found at
> >
> >           ftp://ftp.gnu.org/before-2003-08-01.md5sums.asc
> >           ftp://alpha.gnu.org/before-2003-08-01.md5sums.asc
> >
> >    Note that both of these files and the announcement above are signed by
> >    Bradley  Kuhn,  Executive  Director of the FSF, with the following PGP
> >    key:
> >
> > pub  1024D/DB41B387 1999-12-09 Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@fsf.org>
> >      Key fingerprint = 4F40 645E 46BE 0131 48F9  92F6 E775 E324 DB41 B387
> > uid                            Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn99) <bkuhn@ebb.org>
> > uid                            Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@gnu.org>
> > sub  2048g/75CA9CB3 1999-12-09
> >
> >    The CERT/CC believes this key to be valid.
> >
> >    As a matter of good security practice, the CERT/CC encourages users to
> >    verify,  whenever  possible, the integrity of downloaded software. For
> >    more information, see IN-2001-06.
> >
> > Appendix A. - Vendor Information
> >
> >    This  appendix  contains  information  provided  by  vendors  for this
> >    advisory.  As  vendors  report new information to the CERT/CC, we will
> >    update this section and note the changes in our revision history. If a
> >    particular  vendor  is  not  listed  below, we have not received their
> >    comments.
> >
> > Free Software Foundation
> >
> >
> >    The current files on alpha.gnu.org and ftp.gnu.org as of 2003-08-02 have
> >    all been verified, and their md5sums and the reasons we believe the
> >    md5sums can be trusted are in:
> >
> >        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/before-2003-08-01.md5sums.asc
> >        ftp://alpha.gnu.org/before-2003-08-01.md5sums.asc
> >
> >    We are updating that file and the site as we confirm good md5sums of
> >    additional files.  It is theoretically possible that downloads between
> >    March 2003 and July 2003 might have been source-compromised, so we
> >    encourage everyone to re-download sources and compare with the current
> >    copies for files on the site.
> >
> > Appendix B. References
> >
> >      * FSF      announcement      regarding      the      incident      -
> >        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/MISSING-FILES.README
> >      * CERT Incident Note IN-2001-06 -
> >        http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2001-06.html
> >      _________________________________________________________________
> >
> >    The  CERT/CC  thanks Bradley Kuhn and Brett Smith of the Free Software
> >    Foundation for their timely assistance in this matter.
> >      _________________________________________________________________
> >
> >    Feedback can be directed to the author: Chad Dougherty.
> >    ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >    This document is available from:
> >    http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-21.html
> >    ______________________________________________________________________
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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