sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days 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-square34fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down16
arrow-up1192arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days 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-up27·4 days 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-up1·3 days 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.