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Almost 40% of Ubuntu users vulnerable to new privilege elevation flaws
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@leo what’s the solution, is it just the normal
apt update/upgradeor something more complicated? And is it possible to know if a machine has suffered such attack at all?According to the Ubuntu bulletin, a simple update is sufficient.
The Wiz announcement didn't really go into specifics, so not sure other than normal user auditing.