Re:Udp.c in Linux kernel pre-4.5 allows remote attackers to ...
by kasabali on Thursday April 13, 2017 @08:11PM
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> Correction: ALL production OS and kernels are affected.
No, ALL production OS backport security patches to their kernels. This bug was fixed in Debian 15 months ago and Debian stable kernel is way older than 4.5.
> "udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic [...]"
> There is barely any OS that are >= 4.5 (only CoreOS on the top of my head).
No, ALL production OS backport security patches to their kernels. This bug was fixed in Debian 15 months ago and Debian stable kernel is way older than 4.5.
> "udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic [...]" > There is barely any OS that are >= 4.5 (only CoreOS on the top of my head).
Kernel version is meaningless, see above.