sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoDevastating 'Dirty Frag' exploit leaks out, gives immediate root access on most Linux machines since 2017, no patches available, no warning given — Copy Fail-like vulnerability had its embargo brokenwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down11
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkDevastating 'Dirty Frag' exploit leaks out, gives immediate root access on most Linux machines since 2017, no patches available, no warning given — Copy Fail-like vulnerability had its embargo brokenwww.tomshardware.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 hours agoWhat is the exploit case? It says it’s IPsec stuff? Is it therefore remotely exploitable, or does it need a local user? Are routers at risk?
minus-squaregrainfed@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 hours ago“any local user can instantly get root (administrator) access on an affected box, just by running a small program” quote from the short article. So it seems home computers are safe.
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI thought that was refering to copyfail?
What is the exploit case? It says it’s IPsec stuff?
Is it therefore remotely exploitable, or does it need a local user?
Are routers at risk?
“any local user can instantly get root (administrator) access on an affected box, just by running a small program” quote from the short article. So it seems home computers are safe.
I thought that was refering to copyfail?
It’s gotta be local.