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Warns and advised administrators to update Linux server OS

In response to the recent discovery of serious privilege escalation vulnerability, “Dirty Cow” in the Linux Kernel reported in Ars Technica on October 20,16. Future Hosting Warns and advised administrators to update Linux server OS. Multi-Tenancy servers used for web hosting and shared among several clients are vulnerable. Online criminals and hackers are actively exploitingContinue reading “Warns and advised administrators to update Linux server OS”

Dirty COW, the Linux kernel security flaw (CVE-2016-5195)

Dirty COW, the Linux kernel security flaw (CVE-2016-5195), discovered in virtually all Linux Operating system versions. A High priority privilege-escalation vulnerability exists in a section of Linux Kernel, which allows any installed malicious app to gain administrative (root-level) access to a device and completely hijack it. Linux copy-on-write (COW) mechanism broke, and malicious program tamperContinue reading “Dirty COW, the Linux kernel security flaw (CVE-2016-5195)”

Dirty COW, the Linux kernel security flaw (CVE-2016-5195)

( http://bit.ly/2eA7qet ) – Dirty COW, the Linux kernel security flaw (CVE-2016-5195), discovered in virtually all Linux Operating system versions. A High priority privilege-escalation vulnerability exists in a section of Linux Kernel, which allows any installed malicious app to gain administrative (root-level) access to a device and completely hijack it. Linux copy-on-write (COW) mechanism broke,Continue reading “Dirty COW, the Linux kernel security flaw (CVE-2016-5195)”