Kernel Upgrade

There was a pretty nasty bug discovered in the Linux kernel version I was using that allowed those with SSH access to create a program that escalated their privileges and allowed them to take control of the server. I've upgraded the kernel and resolved the issue successfully, with a very minimal amount of downtime.

Information regarding the exploit: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464953
This entry was posted by Graham Christensen on Thursday, February 14. 2008 at 17:12. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog.
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