Debian Systems Patched Against ‘Downfall,’ ‘INCEPTION’ CPU Flaws

The Debian Project released an updated kernel and intel-microcode packages for all supported Debian GNU/Linux releases. Learn more here.
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12-Year-Old PolicyKit Local Privilege Escalation Flaw Now Patched in Major Linux Distros

According to the researchers, the vulnerability (CVE-2021-4034) was discovered in PolicyKit’s pkexec tool, which incorrectly handled command-line arguments. This could lead to local privilege escalation, allowing any regular user in a GNU/Linux distribution to gain administrative privileges and run programs as an administrator (root). The good news is that most major GNU/Linux distributions already received […]

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Intel Chip Flaw Could Enable Attacks on Laptops, Cars, Medical Devices

Researchers uncovered a vulnerability in Intel Processors that could affect laptops, cars and embedded systems. The flaw—CVE-2021-0146—enables testing or debugging modes on multiple Intel processor lines, which could allow an unauthorized user with phy…