Security News > 2021 > July > Systemd can't seem to catch a break: New vulnerability found
2021-07-22 14:29
A dangerous vulnerability was found in the Linux systemd stack.
As if systemd didn't already have enough detractors, it now has a serious vulnerability to pile onto the mix.
Truth be told, systemd has been a very good initialization system for Linux.
Recently researchers at Qualsys discovered a nasty little vulnerability tucked away in systemd.
SEE: Linux 101: What are the Linux systemd equivalents of runlevels?
No matter how likely this is to occur on your system(s), you are strongly urged to upgrade systemd immediately on all Linux systems that make use of this initialization stack.