[mdlug] Linux root exploit

[Clinton V. Weiss]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Michael Corral <micorral at comcast.net>
wrote:

> This looks bad. Affects just about every distro:
>
> http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/02/10/2011257.shtml
>
> Better patch your machines, pronto!
>
> Michael
>


I fully agree that this vulnerability is a big deal.  But the exploiter has
to do a couple of things first:

1) Circumvent physical security measures and have local access to your
machine, and be able to log in to the machine.
2) Circumvent network security measures and be able to log into your machine
remotely.

If #1 or #2 happens, then with or without this exploit you've got problems.

Just an observation,
Clinton

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