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Devastating 'Dirty Frag' exploit leaks out, gives immediate root access on most Linux machines since 2017, no patches available, no warning given — Copy Fail-like vulnerability had its embargo broken (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What is the exploit case? It says it's IPsec stuff?

Is it therefore remotely exploitable, or does it need a local user?

Are routers at risk?

[–] grainfed@quokk.au 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"any local user can instantly get root (administrator) access on an affected box, just by running a small program" quote from the short article. So it seems home computers are safe.

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago

I thought that was refering to copyfail?

[–] sanitation@lemmy.radio 11 points 5 days ago

It's gotta be local.