The "worm" Lion infects the server of the Mallorcan Council

The server of the Mallorcan Council suffered recently an attack by a hacker. Everything seems to indicate that the intruder used the Linux virus li0n, known also as the "Lion". It is a worm similar to "Ramen" that takes advantage of the vulnerability of some of the oldest versions of BIND, programme that is used by many servers on Internet to administer DNS (Domain Name Service).

The worm does not have a great expansion capacity but it does have serious consequences for the servers it penetrates. According to some experts consulted, until now the only servers who have been affected by the virus are those who have not updated their BIND programme.

The virus li0n exploits vulnerabilities of the versions of BIND previous to the 8.2.3, that were announced in January.

Related news:
The Consell de Mallorca web 'hacked' (3/4/2001)

Date of publication: 05/04/2001

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