[cclib-devel] [Fwd: [OpenBabel-Devel] Fwd: SourceForge.net SVN trouble]

[Noel O'B. <no...@ca...>]

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From: Geoffrey Hutchison <ge...@ge...>
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Subject: [OpenBabel-Devel] Fwd: SourceForge.net SVN trouble
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:58:35 -0400

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> From: Egon Willighagen <ewi...@un...>
> Date: July 14, 2006 1:29:56 AM EDT

> Hi all,
>
> we all have all had our trouble with SVN since yesterday, and I  
> think I
> tracked down why. A Debian server was compromised proving the  
> existence of an
> exploit for a kernel security issue, and on the same day SF takes
> shell/svn/cvs access for a kernel exploit too (must be the same one):
>
> "( 2006-07-13 09:23:52 - Project CVS Service, Project Shell  
> Service, Project
> Subversion (SVN) Service, SourceForge.net Web Site  )   A recent  
> kernel
> exploit was released that allowed a non admin user to escalate  
> privileges on
> the host pr-shell1. We urge all users who frequent this host to  
> change their
> password immediately and check their project group space for any  
> tampering.
> As a precaution, we have blocked access to all project resources by  
> password
> until the user resets their password. After the password has been  
> reset,
> project resources should be accessible within 5 minutes."
>
> So, to enable write access for SVN again, you will have to change  
> your SF
> password, which you can do by logging in on the SF webpage, going  
> to "My
> Page" -> Preferences and choosing [Change Password] (how suprising ;)
>
> After I had done this I could commit to SVN again, though it did  
> require me to
> authenticate with my passward, as it was not done automatically  
> using my SSH
> key.
>
> Egon
>
> -- 
> CUBIC
> blog: http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/



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