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Ubuntu Linux impacted by decade-old 'needrestart' flaw that gives root
2024-11-20 19:04

Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities have been discovered in the needrestart utility used by Ubuntu Linux, which was introduced over 10 years ago in version 21.04. [...]


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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root/

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VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
Linux 17 374 2505 1534 665 5078
Ubuntu 14 13 39 18 19 89