A bug lurking for 12 years gives attackers root on every major Linux distro

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinJan 25, 2022, 8:55 pm174 ptsTrending
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Linux users on Tuesday got a major dose of bad news—a 12-year-old vulnerability in a system tool called Polkit gives attackers unfettered root privileges on machines running any major distribution of the open source operating system. Previously called PolicyKit, Polkit manages…

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