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A high-risk two-years old flaw in Linux kernel was just patched
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-1000253 | Linux Kernel PIE Stack Buffer Corruption Enables Local Privilege Escalation | 7.8 | 11% | KEVRansomware | KEV |
Indicators of compromise
auto-extracted · verify before use · export allAll| Type | Indicator | Context |
|---|---|---|
| sha1 | a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86 | d their long-term kernels with https://git.kernel.org/linus/a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86 (committed on April 14, 2015) are vulnerable to CVE-2017-10 |
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2 min read at securityaffairs.com
A high-risk security vulnerability discovered more than two years ago has been patched in Linux kernel. The flaw discovered by researchers with Qualys Research Labs affects all Linux distributions that have not fixed their kernels after a commit released on April 14, 2015. Tracked as CVE-2017- 1000253 , the flaw could be exploited by attackers to escalate privileges.
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