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Complete: Reboot at 11:00 BST 2024/07/03 (self.backend)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by GreatAlbatross to c/backend

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This is for a security patch.

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[–] Mex 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ssh?

[–] GreatAlbatross 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Of course :)

CVE-2024-6387. To be honest, we have other mitigations that would have made a breach unlikely. But better safe than sorry!

[–] Mex 1 points 4 months ago

yup 6-8hrs to exploit a 32bit box, not seen a PoC against 64bit yet. Still quite a doozy of a bug.