Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Any thoughts ? Wicked (WICD) exploit found in Linux WiFi

I know that Fedora has updated it to fix it and would guess that Ubuntu
has, but users of this application should check that it has been upgraded
in the past week.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 12 April 2012 00:00, G.LinuxDucks <g.linuxducks@gmail.com> wrote:

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> *Wicked (WICD) exploit found in Linux WiFi*
> SC Magazine Australia
> By Darren Pauli on Apr 12, 2012 3:13 AM
> A zero day exploit has been discovered in popular wireless Linux manager
> WICD that allows an attacker to spawn a root shell on a target machine.
> The privileged escalation exploit affects the latest versions of ...
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> http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/296699,wicked-exploit-found-in-linux-wifi.aspx
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