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A security flaw in Linux editions of IBM's DB2 database could allow unauthorized users to seize control of a database's contents...the vulnerability, which could allow a person to get "root" privileges to a DB2 database, is simple to exploit.

Sounds pretty serious. I thought these kind of problems only happened to M$?

1 posted on 09/18/2003 5:24:29 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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Interesting...
2 posted on 09/18/2003 5:26:11 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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Then you should read more. Thanks for the heads-up. BTW, it sounds like an app problem, not an OS problem.

Sounds pretty serious. I thought these kind of problems only happened to M$?

3 posted on 09/18/2003 6:53:38 AM PDT by Salo (Are you a man, or a mouse-user?)
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Thanks for posting this. You may have saved my bacon. Installing now.
4 posted on 09/18/2003 7:39:13 AM PDT by Physicist
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You have to access to the system to exploit it. It's not vulnerable to script kiddies on the internet.
8 posted on 09/18/2003 10:14:05 AM PDT by dljordan
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Linux is solid, it is DB2 that...oh....nevermind. The Linux crowd is like the Clintoon supporters; they always have an excuse why a Linux problem is different.
10 posted on 09/18/2003 10:29:06 AM PDT by PatrioticAmerican (Read Travis McGee's Book! www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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