Other well-known Linux vulnerabilities
With time, Linux has gained a lot of popularity due to its open source nature. However, it has also resulted into increased security concerns. Linux systems tend to be as vulnerable as other operating systems, such as Windows. These vulnerabilities may be due to faults in the OS, or due to oversight by the Linux administrators.
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In this section, we will see discuss about few of the most common Linux vulnerabilities, as follows:
- Linux Kernel netfilter: xt_TCPMSS: Even though it's an old vulnerability, affecting Linux kernels before 4.11, and 4.9.x before 4.9.36, it still exists in many systems of organizations that have failed to attend to this vulnerability and are still using older versions of the Linux kernel. It has CVE ID: CVE-2017-18017 and a critical vulnerability score of 9.8.
- If exploited successfully, the aforementioned vulnerability can help hackers send through a flood of communications and cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack...
