Hackaday

This Week In Security: Another Linux Exploit, Ubuntu Knocked Offline, Finals Interrupted, And Backdoored Tools

After the CopyFail vulnerability gave root access from any user on almost all distributions last week, this week we’ve got DirtyFrag. This chains the vulnerability in CopyFail (xfrm-ESP) and ...

Critical New Linux Zero-Day Goes Public—What Admins Need To Do Now

Hot on the heels of Copy Fail comes Dirty Frag. A Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch, giving hackers root.
Microsoft

Active attack: Dirty Frag Linux vulnerability expands post-compromise risk

Dirty Frag is a newly disclosed Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting kernel networking and ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Dirty Frag vulnerability in Linux lets hackers do more damage—here's how to protect yourself

It's a more 'reliable' exploit than most.