‘Dirty Frag’ Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit


Broken disclosure embargo left admins facing a fresh root-level flaw with no CVE

A fresh Linux privilege escalation bug dubbed “Dirty Frag” has dropped into the wild with no patches, no CVE, and a public exploit that hands attackers root access across major distributions.Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim disclosed the local privilege escalation flaw on Friday after what he said was a broken embargo forced the issue into the open.

Kim described Dirty Frag as a “universal LPE” affecting “all major distributions” and warned that it delivers the same kind of immediate root access as the recent CopyFail mess – only this time, defenders do not even have patches to throw at the problem.

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Source:  The Register News


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