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Re: For those who believe Linux malwareproof

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From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject Re: For those who believe Linux malwareproof
Newsgroups aus.computers
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Date 2024-10-08 07:59 +1000
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Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> wrote:
> https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/10/persistent-stealthy-linux-malware-has-infected-thousands-since-2021/

There seems to be confusion about which vulnerability allowed the
malware to gain root access. That article says it was in "GPAC",
but other pages say it was a more likely "PwnKit" vulnerability
in Polkit.

CVE-2021-4043 in GPAC is described as just allowing DoS attacks:
https://www.scyscan.com/cve-2021-4043/

CVE-2021-4034 in Polkit allows root access:
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/01/26/cve-2021-4034/

In some ways the recent XZ backdoor was worse since it affected
all Linux Systemd-based systems with SSH log-in. Much wider scope
than just servers running Apache RocketMQ, but it was detected
much sooner too.

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For those who believe Linux malwareproof Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> - 2024-10-07 20:19 +1000
  Re: For those who believe Linux malwareproof not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-10-08 07:59 +1000
    Re: For those who believe Linux malwareproof Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-10-08 10:05 +1100
      Re: For those who believe Linux malwareproof Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2024-10-08 11:25 +1000
        Re: For those who believe Linux malwareproof Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-10-10 12:04 +1100
          Re: For those who believe Linux malwareproof Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2024-10-10 20:07 +1100
          Re: For those who believe Linux malwareproof "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2024-10-10 23:12 +1100
          Re: For those who believe Linux malwareproof not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-10-11 08:11 +1000

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