10 Year Old Utility Package Flaw Haunts Ubuntu OS
Security researchers from Qualys TRU has discovered vulnerabilities in a utility package in Ubuntu OS that could enable local users to escalate their privileges to root without user interaction. In…
Ubuntu OverlayFS module Vulnerabilities
Researchers have discovered that two Linux vulnerabilities in Ubuntu kernel pave the way for unprivileged local users to gain elevated privileges on a massive number of devices. The first vulnerability…
Privilege Escalation can Crash Ubuntu
A local privilege escalation security vulnerability could allow attackers to gain root access on Ubuntu systems by exploiting a double-free memory corruption bug in GNOME's D-Bus service, AccountsService component. Tracked…