Marcos Dione on Nostr: I hadn't seen this in my feed so here it is: Five local privilege escalation (LPE) ...
I hadn't seen this in my feed so here it is:
Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities in the Linux utility "needrestart" -- widely used on Ubuntu to manage service updates -- allow attackers with local access to escalate privileges to root
https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/0057206/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root
EDIT: needrestart is also available on Debian, maybe other Linuxes.
#Ubuntu #security #Debian #Linux
Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities in the Linux utility "needrestart" -- widely used on Ubuntu to manage service updates -- allow attackers with local access to escalate privileges to root
https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/0057206/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root
EDIT: needrestart is also available on Debian, maybe other Linuxes.
#Ubuntu #security #Debian #Linux