Subject: Re: amd problem on NetBSD 1.3...
To: Luke Miller <millerlu@peak.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/12/1999 11:22:50 
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 21:48:16 -0700 
 Luke Miller <millerlu@peak.org> wrote:

 > in /var/log/messages:
 > 
 > Sep 11 19:38:42 deanna amd[13678]: amq requested mount of ^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P
 > ^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P
 > ^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P^P
 > 
 > etc....

Someone is attempting to exploit a vulnerability in that version of amd.

You should upgrade your system.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>