@ikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 20 days agoNew Linux Flaws Enable Full Root Access via PAM and Udisks Across Major Distributionsthehackernews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down15 cross-posted to: linux@programming.devlobsters@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-square@Naich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilink61•20 days agoIt’s an LPE, and doesn’t allow full root access to anyone who isn’t already a user.
minus-square@ikidd@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish11•20 days agoAre you saying LPEs aren’t a security hazard?
minus-square@Naich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilink57•20 days agoNope. Just pointing out an alarmist headline.
minus-square@ikidd@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish18•20 days agoAh. Yah, well, I just went with the article’s own headline since so many comms insist on that.
minus-squareAmju Wolflinkfedilink8•19 days agoI don’t think that’s really a criticism, more like the reality of modern “journalism”…
minus-squarePhoenixzlinkfedilink2•19 days agoI know, they need the clickbait title for the click money but yeah -as usual- I’m mostly shrugging this off
It’s an LPE, and doesn’t allow full root access to anyone who isn’t already a user.
Are you saying LPEs aren’t a security hazard?
Nope. Just pointing out an alarmist headline.
Ah. Yah, well, I just went with the article’s own headline since so many comms insist on that.
Yup. It wasn’t a criticism of you.
I don’t think that’s really a criticism, more like the reality of modern “journalism”…
I know, they need the clickbait title for the click money but yeah -as usual- I’m mostly shrugging this off