Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

New 'Looney Tunables' Linux bug gives root on major distros

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New 'Looney Tunables' Linux bug gives root on major distros

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

A new Linux vulnerability known as 'Looney Tunables' enables local attackers to gain root privileges by exploiting a buffer overflow weakness in the GNU C Library's ld.so dynamic loader.

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Think Android uses Bionic instead of glibc (where the vulnerability is being exploited).

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