High Severity Vulnerability Affecting All Major Linux Distros Exploited Security researcher simone margaritelli has sounded the alarm on what could be one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities in linux history. he claims that this flaw, which could impact all gnu linux systems (and others), carries a severity rating of 9.9 out of 10. if the exploit is as bad as it sounds, this is something every linux user and. A critical security vulnerability affecting all gnu linux systems—and potentially others—has been identified by renowned security researcher simone margaritelli.the vulnerability, which allows for unauthenticated remote code execution (rce), has been acknowledged by major industry players like canonical and red hat, who have confirmed its severity with a cvss score of 9.9 out of 10.
Linux Vulnerability Management Impacts On Different Threats There's been talk of this unauthenticated rce vulnerability coming with a cvss 9.9 rating but none of the technical details were publicly known until it was made public just now at the top of the hour. simone margaritelli discovered this vulnerability and has shared a write up around this potentially very impactful linux vulnerability. When were these vulnerabilities first disclosed? on september 23, simone margaritelli posted on x (formerly twitter) that he recently reported a critical severity, cvssv3 9.9 unauthenticated remote code execution (rce) vulnerability that affects “all gnu linux systems” to canonical, red hat and others. Details about an as yet non public critical 9.9 out of 10 severity unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting all gnu linux systems could be revealed today.…. that's according. “given this, while the vulnerabilities in terms of technical impact are serious, it is significantly less likely that desktop machines workstations running cups are exposed to the internet in the same manner or numbers that typical server editions of linux would be — and thus these vulnerabilities are unlikely to be the watershed moment.
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