Debian attacker may have used new exploit

[JoeHill]

"Initial investigations of the security breach, which occurred on 19 November,
indicate that the attacker was able to gain full control of Debian servers after
logging on via unprivileged accounts, known as privilege escalation, according
to James Troup, part of the team handling Debian's distribution."

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/developer/0,39020387,39118183,00.htm

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