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A high-severity vulnerability in sudo has been patched in a number of Linux distributions; the flaw allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root. Continue reading Patches Available for Linux Sudo Vulnerability
Another dangerous vulnerability has been discovered in Linux kernel that dates back to 2009 and affects a large number of Linux distros, including Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu.
The latest Linux kernel flaw (CVE-2017-2636), which exist… Continue reading Linux Kernel Gets Patch For Years-Old Serious Vulnerability
A local, race condition vulnerability in the af_packet implementation in Linux was patched this week. The bug allows a local attacker to execute code or crash a server. Continue reading Old Linux Kernel Code Execution Bug Patched
A local, race condition vulnerability in the af_packet implementation in Linux was patched this week. The bug allows a local attacker to execute code or crash a server. Continue reading Old Linux Kernel Code Execution Bug Patched
A 5-year-old serious privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Linux kernel that affects almost every distro of the Linux operating system, including Redhat, and Ubuntu.
Over a month back, a nine-year-old privilege-escalation vulnerabi… Continue reading 5-Year-Old Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation Flaw Discovered
A hacker with little more than a minute can bypass the authentication procedures on some Linux systems just by holding down the Enter key for around 70 seconds.
The result? The act grants the hacker a shell with root privileges, which allows them to g… Continue reading Bypass Linux Disk Encryption Just By Pressing ‘ENTER’ for 70 Seconds
A hacker with little more than a minute can bypass the authentication procedures on some Linux systems just by holding down the Enter key for around 70 seconds.
The result? The act grants the hacker a shell with root privileges, which allows them to g… Continue reading This Hack Gives Linux Root Shell Just By Pressing ‘ENTER’ for 70 Seconds
A privilege escalation vulnerability, nicknamed Dirty Cow and present in Linux since 2007, has been used in public attacks against web-facing Linux servers. Continue reading Serious Dirty Cow Linux Vulnerability Under Attack