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No sooner had we written about long-lived Linux kernel bugs...and along comes an 11-year-old vulnerability that's easy to exploit.
What to do?
This bug doesn’t provide a way for an outsider to break into your system in the first place, so it’s not what we call a remote code execution (RCE) hole.
DirtyCOW is an EoP vulnerability, short for elevation of privilege.
Nevertheless, as we explained above, attackers who are already inside your network are likely to find this a handy way of extending their reach.
A patch is already available.
If you are an intrepid Linux user you can apply the patch yourself and rebuild your kernel.
If not, watch out for the next kernel update from your distro producer and apply it as soon as you can.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Linux
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DDos...
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Botnet
No sooner had we written about long-lived Linux kernel bugs...and along comes an 11-year-old vulnerability that's easy to exploit.
What to do?This bug doesn’t provide a way for an outsider to break into your system in the first place, so it’s not what we call a remote code execution (RCE) hole.
DirtyCOW is an EoP vulnerability, short for elevation of privilege.
Nevertheless, as we explained above, attackers who are already inside your network are likely to find this a handy way of extending their reach.
A patch is already available.
If you are an intrepid Linux user you can apply the patch yourself and rebuild your kernel.
If not, watch out for the next kernel update from your distro producer and apply it as soon as you can.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Linux
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DDos...
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Botnet