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New Glibc Flaw Grants Attackers Root Access on Major Linux Distros (thehackernews.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pls no

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Don't worry, it's extremely unlikely, given how large and ancient glibc is. The most that might happen is that some new parts are implemented in Rust.