yes, i have heard of it. from what i understand (but do not take this as meaning i know anything :) it can allow anyone who can connect to your computer to execute code as if they were the person sharing a printer. if you do not have a shared printer or have a firewall blocking it to outside addresses, or are using 7.2 or newer, don't worry about it.
if you have win2000 and a sharedprinter be more worried. that is current and allows "root." ;) On Thursday 08 November 2001 06:10, you spoke unto me thusly: > > A friend recently sent me a copy of a Cert advisory concerning a potential > security risk involving lpd. Among the linux distros listed, Mandrake > 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1 were included. Since Mandrake 8.0 and 8.1 were not > listed, I take it they are not sensitive to the issue at hand, but as a > matter of curiousity, has anybody else in the list heard of this issue? > If so, can you explain in layman's terms what is the potential risk? > > If people are interested I can forward the alert to the list or email it > to interested individuals. Thanks... > > Dexter -- When everyone agrees around here, it means that something must be wrong. shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html
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