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This Linux grinch could put a hole in your security stocking

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Networkworld; By Joab Jackson 		Mail this story
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A grinch may be snatching away some year-end holiday time, forcing Linux system administrators to fill a gaping security hole in their systems.

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Comments (5)

BFM ·
We constantly have these 'security firms' claiming nasty security flaws in Linux. They almost always are negated by quick responses from kernel developers and distribution vendors. We'll see what happens this time.
JaseP ·
Hmmm, Dubious claims (theory),... No exploits in the wild (maybe a test-case with local privilege escalation only?!),... Likely a patch in as many days as it takes for this thing to spread around as the next Shellshock/Heartbleed,...
gus3 ·
No exploits in the wild that you/we know of. (And those who know, aren't telling.)
seatex ·
Only the NSA knows, and it's CLASSIFIED.
jdixon ·
> No exploits in the wild that you/we know of.

And there are almost certainly exploits we don't know of. How many of those affect the normal home user is debatable though.

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