On 12/26/21 10:52, Qiyu Yan wrote:
在 2021-12-25星期六的 03:15 -0800，Jonathan Ryshpan写道：
On a whim I opened up the:
Legal Disclaimer Open Source Licenses
in the management page for my fiber modem (ATT installed 2021/03/30)
and discovered that the kernel is rather old:
linux kernel - Version 3.4.11
There are about 163 other open source components, probably most of
similar ages.
Is this a security problem?
Yes, for such a old device, the vendor may have stopped receiving
vulnerable reports or publishing updates. And you device is connected
to network, that make things worse.
Usually, a botnet is made up of those unmaintained but still running
device.
I happened to have read a article about a botnet build on hacked modems
in China, https://blog.netlab.360.com/pink-en/ in this case, when
devices gets hacked, the only to "fix" is a replacement.
And try and get your FIber ISP to provide you with new gear. I cannot
replace it with my own. Must use what they provide...
_______________________________________________
users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/
List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
