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The same 732-byte Python script roots every Linux distribution shipped since 2017 (copy.fail)
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woaw

also a good blog post about it https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

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[–] stuner@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That may be true for personal computers, but the impact of this vulnerability is mainly on servers. And those typically run distros like Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL that didn't have a patch at that time.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

the impact of this vulnerability is mainly on servers

The impact is any Linux install without root access for its users.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Sure, but it’s much easier to get some form of RCE on public hosts in order to make practical use of the LPE.