New Linux glibc flaw lets attackers get root on major distros

corsicanguppy, 3 months ago

Major distros

Huh. access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-6246

<span style="color:#323232;">Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6  compat-glibc	Not affected		
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6  glibc    		Not affected		
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7  compat-glibc	Not affected		
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7  glibc    		Not affected		
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8  glibc    		Not affected		
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9  glibc    		Not affected
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Best let Rocky and Alma know too – and OEL so all the enterprise ones are covered.

TylerDurdenJunior, 3 months ago

So this is only exploitable if the attacker already has a unpriviledged account?