Developers of major Linux distributions have begun shipping patches to address a local privilege escalation (LPE) ...

Researchers at Qualys have uncovered a now-patched security vulnerability in a widely used Linux security toolkit that could enable an attacker to gain full root privileges on the system if they have ...

Sudo is a powerful but imperfect Linux tool. These tips can help make using sudo easier and safer. Always use caution when monkeying with sudo. I started using Linux prior to the advent of sudo. Back ...

A new vulnerability dubbed Pack2TheRoot could be exploited in the PackageKit daemon to allow local Linux users to install or ...

Red Hat has released a patch for a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability that impacts all Linux kernel versions released since 2014 and could allow unprivileged attackers to gain root-level ...

A security vulnerability in the Linux kernel is being actively attacked, warns the US cyber security authority CISA. Malicious actors are using it to gain root privileges on vulnerable systems.

The Telekom security team has discovered the "Pack2TheRoot" vulnerability, which allows privilege escalation in several ...

A new OpenSSH unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability dubbed "regreSSHion" gives root privileges on glibc-based Linux systems. OpenSSH is a suite of networking utilities based on the ...

Security researchers at Qualys discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in one of the core utilities present in all Unix-like operating systems including Linux. If exploited, the heap overflow ...