Serious privilege escalation bug in Unix OSes imperils servers everywhere

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/12-year-old-security-hole-in-unix-based-oses-isnt-plugged-after-all/

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In Memoriam: Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker: 1943-2017

https://m.cacm.acm.org/news/218536-in-memoriam-charles-p-chuck-thacker-1943-2017/fulltext

#thacker #chuck #chuckthacker #technology #sysadmin

Linux security alert: Bug in sudo’s get_process_ttyname() [ CVE-2017-1000367 ]

https://www.cyberciti.biz/security/linux-security-alert-bug-in-sudos-get_process_ttyname-cve-2017-1000367/

#sysadmin #cybersecurity #linux

Complete Linux syscall list with kernel versions in which they appeared for the first time

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscalls.2.html

#linux

Google Chrome browser has inbuilt caching server

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/google-chrome-clear-or-flush-the-dns-cache/

In a throwback to the ’90s, NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7, 8.1

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/in-a-throwback-to-the-90s-ntfs-bug-lets-anyone-hang-or-crash-windows-7-8-1/

Enumeration for Linux Privilege Escalation

https://0x00sec.org/t/enumeration-for-linux-privilege-escalation/1959

#netsec #sysadmin #linux

It's not just Windows anymore: Samba has a major SMB bug

http://www.zdnet.com/article/its-not-just-windows-anymore-samba-has-a-major-smb-bug/

#sysadmin #security #smb #netsec