HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uk to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoSerious Linux vulnerability affecting nearly every system. Patch your systems.copy.failexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1317cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.world
arrow-up1317external-linkSerious Linux vulnerability affecting nearly every system. Patch your systems.copy.failHM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uk to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square71fedilinkcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.world
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours 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