HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uk to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSerious Linux vulnerability affecting nearly every system. Patch your systems.copy.failexternal-linkmessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down16cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.world
arrow-up1329arrow-down1external-linkSerious Linux vulnerability affecting nearly every system. Patch your systems.copy.failHM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uk to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square73linkfedilinkcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.world
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThere are plenty of way to get a local unprivileged shell For instance, if you are running a old version of cups someone could chain together several vulnerabilities to gain root on your system https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cups-flaws-enable-linux-remote-code-execution-but-theres-a-catch/ Having a MAC like SELinux helps to mitigate this but you still should patch as soon as possible
There are plenty of way to get a local unprivileged shell
For instance, if you are running a old version of cups someone could chain together several vulnerabilities to gain root on your system
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cups-flaws-enable-linux-remote-code-execution-but-theres-a-catch/
Having a MAC like SELinux helps to mitigate this but you still should patch as soon as possible