Security News > 2017 > September > 2-Year-Old Linux Kernel Issue Resurfaces As High-Risk Flaw
2017-09-28 00:52
A bug in Linux kernel that was discovered two years ago, but was not considered a security threat at that time, has now been recognised as a potential local privilege escalation flaw. Identified as CVE-2017-1000253, the bug was initially discovered by Google researcher Michael Davidson in April 2015. Since it was not recognised as a serious bug at that time, the patch for this kernel flaw
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-05 | CVE-2017-1000253 | Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products Linux distributions that have not patched their long-term kernels with https://git.kernel.org/linus/a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86 (committed on April 14, 2015). | 7.8 |