Treasure@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-228 days agoUnauthenticated RCE vs all GNU/Linux systems to be fully disclosed in 2 weeks with no working fix yetnitter.poast.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkUnauthenticated RCE vs all GNU/Linux systems to be fully disclosed in 2 weeks with no working fix yetnitter.poast.orgTreasure@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-228 days agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenarc0tic_bird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up49·28 days agoLet’s see if this really affects all Linux systems or if the stars need to align for this to actually be exploitable.
minus-squareFangedWyvern42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·28 days agoI still remember hearing about a Ring 0 exploit in Windows (I may be misremembering, though) that required Ring 0 access. I think if an attacker has access to Ring 0, you’re already screwed anyway.
minus-squareShortN0te@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·28 days agoI agree, all this attention grabbing sound to me as if this is actually not a big deal. But we will see i guess.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·28 days agoA 9.9 is pretty bad no matter what. They wouldn’t rank it almost a 10 if it was some obscure bug that is very hard to exploit. With that being said it is hard to know without details
Let’s see if this really affects all Linux systems or if the stars need to align for this to actually be exploitable.
I still remember hearing about a Ring 0 exploit in Windows (I may be misremembering, though) that required Ring 0 access. I think if an attacker has access to Ring 0, you’re already screwed anyway.
I agree, all this attention grabbing sound to me as if this is actually not a big deal. But we will see i guess.
A 9.9 is pretty bad no matter what. They wouldn’t rank it almost a 10 if it was some obscure bug that is very hard to exploit.
With that being said it is hard to know without details