ZDNET key takeaways Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux.Using the root account could lead to disaster.Sudo is the preferred method of gaining elevated privileges. When I first ...

The power to grab root privileges is the ultimate evil in Unix and Linux systems. Kevin Backhouse, a member of the GitHub Security Lab, found the polkit security hole in the course of his duties. He ...

The bug allows users to bypass privilege restrictions to execute commands as root. A vulnerability in Sudo, a core command utility for Linux, could allow a user to execute commands as a root user even ...

FedoraプロジェクトでOpenSSHのメンテナーを務めるJakub Jelenは6月21日 （世界標準時⁠）⁠、 10月にリリース予定の次期バージョン 「Fedora 31」 からは、 rootユーザのパスワードによるSSHリモートログインをデフォルトで無効にすることを明らかにした。すでに ...

Microsoft has discovered vulnerabilities in Linux systems that could be chained to provide attackers with root access. Named “Nimbuspwn,” the bugs have been identified as CVE-2022-29799 and ...

Security researcher Sebastian Krahmer has recently discovered that a previously known security flaw in the systemd project can be used for more than crashing a Linux distro but also to grant local ...

Topic ===== Local root exploit in Linux kernel. Problem Description ===== There are two bugs in Linux kernels 2.2.x, x <= 19 and 2.4.y, y <= 10. The first vulnerability results in local ...

Sudo, the main command in Linux that allows users to run tasks, has been found to have a vulnerability that allows unauthorized users to execute commands as a root user. The vulnerability, known as ...

[this is a resent of the previous advisory which was incomplete] Topic ===== DoS attack possible because of vulnerability in Linux kernel flaw in kernel allows local priviledge escalation Problem ...