HomeNewsSecurityNew Linux glibc flaw lets attackers get root on major distros Unprivileged attackers can get root access on multiple major Linux distributions in default configurations by exploiting a newly disclosed local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc). Tracked as CVE-2023-6246, this security flaw was found in glibc's __vsyslog_internal() function, called b
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