L10n worm
Encyclopedia
The L10n worm was a Linux worm
that spread in 2001 by exploiting a buffer overflow
in the BIND
DNS
server. It was based on an earlier worm known as the Ramen virus
which was written to target systems running versions 6.2 and 7.0 of the Red Hat Linux
distribution.
Computer worm
A computer worm is a self-replicating malware computer program, which uses a computer network to send copies of itself to other nodes and it may do so without any user intervention. This is due to security shortcomings on the target computer. Unlike a computer virus, it does not need to attach...
that spread in 2001 by exploiting a buffer overflow
Buffer overflow
In computer security and programming, a buffer overflow, or buffer overrun, is an anomaly where a program, while writing data to a buffer, overruns the buffer's boundary and overwrites adjacent memory. This is a special case of violation of memory safety....
in the BIND
BIND
BIND , or named , is the most widely used DNS software on the Internet.On Unix-like operating systems it is the de facto standard.Originally written by four graduate students at the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley , the name originates as an acronym from...
DNS
Domain name system
The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
server. It was based on an earlier worm known as the Ramen virus
Ramen worm
The Ramen worm, also referred to as the "Ramen virus", was a worm that spread in January 2001, targeting systems running versions 6.2 and 7.0 of the Red Hat Linux distribution....
which was written to target systems running versions 6.2 and 7.0 of the Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux, assembled by the company Red Hat, was a popular Linux based operating system until its discontinuation in 2004.Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994...
distribution.