New Glibc Flaw Grants Attackers Root Access on Major Linux Distros (thehackernews.com)

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[-] banghida@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Pls no

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[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago

Don't worry, it's extremely unlikely, given how large and ancient glibc is. The most that might happen is that some new parts are implemented in Rust.

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