BRATISLAVA – The National Security Office (NBÚ) warns of a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel. Under certain circumstances, an attacker can remotely execute commands with the highest administrative privileges, without login credentials or any user interaction. The risk mainly concerns systems that accept Internet connections via the IPv4 TCP protocol.
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BRATISLAVA – The National Security Office (NBÚ) warns of a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel. Under certain circumstances, an attacker can remotely execute commands with the highest administrative privileges, without login credentials or any user interaction. The risk mainly concerns systems that accept Internet connections via the IPv4 TCP protocol.