Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-7247, can be exploited remotely over the internet. …read more Source:: Linux
Tag: BSD
New security flaw impacts most Linux and BSD distros
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Issue is only a privilege escalation flaw but it impacts a large number of systems. …read more Source:: Linux
Critical remote code execution flaw patched in Samba
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Security researchers are urging users to install new Samba security updates in order to address a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol that enables Unix-like systems, including Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X to share files and printers with…
And Now for Something Completely Different
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“While some may complain about fragmentation, I love the idea that I can choose a distro that suits my needs,” said Google+ blogger Kevin O’Brien — “or more than one, if I have several different needs. Right now I have three different *nix systems on my home network — two of them Linux and one…