Re: [tlug] 28 Backspaces

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com>]

On 22 December 2015 at 11:35, CL <az.4tlug@example.com> wrote:
> Okay, so I went to this article to get my daily dose of panic:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-hack-any-linux-machine-just-using-backspace/?tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61
>
> and, I've gotta admit, I am concerned by what I read there.
>
> So, I went to the GITHub D/L site (link is embedded in the above
> article) and grabbed the patch.  I double clicked, got the diff found
> ... and newbie me doesn't know what to do next.  Do I manually locate
> and patch those lines in the two files or is there some command to give
> that automates the cut-and-replace process?
>
> Just when I start to believe I have some of this figured out ...

<quote>
... it is worth noting an attacker needs physical access to the
machine to exploit the flaw.
</quote>

I think I'll just wait for Canonical's update.

Jim

-- 
Jim Breen
Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University