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SquirrelMail plugins compromised

SquirrelMail plugins compromised

Posted Aug 1, 2009 7:01 UTC (Sat) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
In reply to: SquirrelMail plugins compromised by MattPerry
Parent article: SquirrelMail plugins compromised

Linux folks have not really made that easy lately... so it's easier said then done.

http://pwnie-awards.org/2009/awards.html

> Linux

> Continually assuming that all kernel memory corruption bugs are only Denial-of-Service

> The Linux kernel development team was nominated several times over for their ongoing lack of handling of bugs of "unknown impact" and generally assuming that all kernel memory corruption issues are only Denial-of-Service issues. Here's a hint: Just because you can only get a DoS from a bug, doesn't mean that skilled hackers can't get a root shell out of it.


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