Two security researchers published details this week about several security flaws that allow attackers to execute code on affected machines and take over devices. These security flaws affect Linux distros such as Fedora and Ubuntu, and two of these exploits are zero-days, meaning there's no patch to prevent attacks.
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The vulnerability that came to light this past week affects Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal).
The vulnerability that came to light this past week affects Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal).
According to Researcher, the bug affected the Apport crash reporting tool found in all Ubuntu installations which has been patched on Wednesday, December 14.
The attack scenario involves social engineering and requires an attacker to convince Ubuntu users to open a malformed crash report file.Opening the file triggers the exploit, which in turn allows the attacker to execute code on the user's system.
