New vulnerability affecting #ArchLinux: openwall.com/lists/oss-securit…

Mitigation: rmmod rds_tcp rds; printf 'install rds /bin/false\ninstall rds_tcp /bin/false\n' > /etc/modprobe.d/pintheft.conf

#Linux #security #PinTheft #LPE

#LPE — Local Privilege Escalation. A class of vulnerabilities that need a local user account on the target machine to reach higher levels of privilege, up to superuser/root

#RCE — Remote Code Execution. A class of vulnerabilities that can be exploited over unprivileged network connections, giving the attacker privileged access to the target machine.

#CopyFail, #DirtyFrag are LPEs that affect Linux systems. LPEs are typically harder to exploit than RCEs.

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