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Serious TCP Bug in Linux Systems Allows Traffic Hijacking
Serious TCP Bug in Linux Systems Allows Traffic Hijacking
by Michael Mimoso Follow @mike_mimoso A serious vulnerability in the TCP implementation in Linux systems deployed since 2012 (version 3.6 of the Linux kernel) can be used by attackers to identify hosts communicating over the protocol and ultimately attack that traffic. Researchers from the University of California, Riverside and the U.S.
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This is... not good




Yeah... patch issues a few weeks ago, but has yet to hit repos for major distros... gunna be some defacin' soon.