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Mutagen Astronomy – Linux Vulnerability Hits CentOS, Debian, and Red Hat Distros

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Latest Hacking News; By Aberah Hashim 		Mail this story
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We discovered an integer overflow in the Linux kernel’s create_elf_tables() function: on a 64-bit system, a local attacker can exploit this vulnerability via a SUID-root binary and obtain full root privileges.

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