Posted on January 25, 2022 in Operating Systems
A local privilege escalation bug (from any user to root) has been found polkit's pkexec, and exploit code is available. This binary is a SUID root program available on every major Linux distro, and is most commonly installed if a GUI is present. The flaw has been assigned a bug alert severity of 'very high'.
Posted on January 11, 2022 in Bug Alert News
The Bug Alert team is celebrating a successful launch with more features (Telegram support!), a community Slack, and more.
Posted on January 04, 2022 in Bug Alert News
Hello, world! Bug Alert is now live. Read the announcement post at https://mattslifebytes.com/2022/01/04/bugalert-org/ to learn more.
Posted on December 09, 2021 in Software Frameworks, Libraries, and Components
A remote code execution vulnerability has been found in the popular Java logging library Log4j. This issue is easily exploited in common configurations, and has been assigned a bug alert severity of 'critical'.
Posted on December 01, 2021 in End-User Applications
Posted on December 01, 2021 in Operating Systems
Posted on December 01, 2021 in Services & System Applications