Exploits Emerge For Linux Privilege Escalation Flaw

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."

Comments

Better than Windoze

[Anonymous Coward]

All us Linucks fanboys know that windoze is insecure and Lincks is not.

Open Sores makes everything more secure. It's like nobody wants to go near open sores.

This must be a vulnerability in Windoze or user error. Linucks is perfect thanks to open sores.

Re:Broken on Android too

[Anonymous Coward]

The Patch for OSX? A brain.

First thought...

[scot4875]

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

Re:Proof you are 100% wrong per your request

[Barbara, not Barbie]

By your own definition the design in every case is flawed because it requires something be kept secret / obscure. So my statement stands.

Too many people believe that you can make something 100% secure, when that's been proven to be impossible in every case. If you can either break it, or prevent the people who are depend on it from using it, it's broken.

Doesn't matter how secure even your quantum-entangled communications channel is to 3rd-party decryption if, by interfering through the act of observing, no information is transmitted to anyone.