Joe Klemmer@lemmy.myserv.one to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoNew 'Looney Tunables' Linux bug gives root on major distroswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showcybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up54arrow-down1·1 year agoIt says “sysadmins should prioritise patching”, but… has it been patched yet?
minus-squaredatwillpowerdo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down1·1 year agoJust like…make a patch. It’s not that hard lol /j
minus-squareActaeon@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·1 year agoTo show you the power of Flex Tape, I sawed this library in half!
minus-squarepnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoYes, most of the major distributions have package updates with the fix. A few people have mentioned updates for Arch, Debian, and RedHat already. Ubuntu released an update yesterday as well: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/2.35-0ubuntu3.4 Ubuntu derivatives such as Pop!_OS should have also received this update, along with the X11 patches.
It says “sysadmins should prioritise patching”, but… has it been patched yet?
Just like…make a patch. It’s not that hard lol /j
To show you the power of Flex Tape, I sawed this library in half!
Yes, most of the major distributions have package updates with the fix. A few people have mentioned updates for Arch, Debian, and RedHat already.
Ubuntu released an update yesterday as well:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/2.35-0ubuntu3.4
Ubuntu derivatives such as Pop!_OS should have also received this update, along with the X11 patches.