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Author: Joel Roth
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Subject: Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:08:48PM +0200, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Just in case sombody missed it:
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> https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasty-linux-systemd-security-bug-revealed/
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> "Systemd, the Linux system and service manager that has largely replaced init as the master Linux startup and control program, has always had its critics. Now, with Qualys's discovery of a new systemd security bug, systemd will have fewer friends. Successful exploitation of this newest vulnerability enables any unprivileged user to cause a denial of service via a kernel panic.


> In a phrase, "that's bad, that's really bad."


It seems that this is the tip of what will be be a very large iceberg.


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