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Attackers have recently discovered an easy-to-exploit buffer overflow flaw in a common library used on most major distributions of the Linux operating system. This vulnerability, named “Looney Tunables,” can allow attackers to gain root privileges on millions of Linux systems. The bug, which affects the GNU C Library (glibc) in the GNU system found in…
Two Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Linux Expose 40% of Cloud Workloads to Attackers The “GameOverlay” Flaws Researchers from cloud security firm Wiz have discovered two vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu implementation of the OverlayFS module. These flaws, tracked as CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629 and named “GameOverlay” by the researchers, allow attackers to execute code with root privileges on…