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Devastating '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 broken (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] degenerate_neutron_matter@fedia.io 14 points 3 weeks ago

It's a big problem for multi-user servers where some users aren't supposed to have root access. For example, my university has several student-accessible servers, and they all seem to be currently vulnerable to the exploit. A malicious student could cause quite a lot of damage.

[-] carrylex@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not sure why one would use a multi-(Linux)-user server nowadays. Everything runs either via network (e.g. WebDav) or there are dedicated, isolated VMs on that server for exactly the above stated reason.

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