Re: VSR Advisories: Linux RDS Protocol Local Privilege Escalation

2010-10-20 Thread Dan Rosenberg
The advisory for this vulnerability has been updated to include a suggested workaround: Preventing the RDS kernel module from loading is an effective workaround. This can be accomplished by executing the following command as root: echo alias net-pf-21 off /etc/modprobe.d/disable-rds In

VSR Advisories: Linux RDS Protocol Local Privilege Escalation

2010-10-19 Thread VSR Advisories
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 VSR Security Advisory http://www.vsecurity.com/ - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Advisory Name: Linux RDS Protocol Local Privilege Escalation Release