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Exploits Emerge For Linux Privilege Escalation Flaw

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

angry tapir writes "Linux vendors are rushing to patch a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by local attackers to gain root access on the system. The vulnerability, which is identified as CVE-2012-0056, was discovered by Jüri Aedla and is caused by a failure of the Linux kernel to properly restrict access to the '/proc//mem' file."

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  1. First thought... by scot4875 · · Score: 1, Troll

    My first thought is that this is a perfect example of why Linux fanbois should pay more attention to the speck of dust in their eye than the logs stuck in Windows' and OSX's eyes.

    Err, at least I think that's how the saying goes.

    --Jeremy

    --
    Jesus was a liberal