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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA-1988-1] New qt4-x11 packages fix several vulnerabilities
From: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:17:31 +0100
As far as I know it's been done. The question isn't writing a virus for linux, but rather attacking linux. Pirus, ran on linux since linux comes bundled with PHP, as other script virii. Linux also supports a lot of scripting languages, unlike Windows which supports less (batch/js/vb/hta). This doesn't implying anything except that desktop linux doesn't yet have a wide user base to make it relevant to malware writes. On the other hand, linux servers are attacked a lot, and if memory serves me right, a lot more then Windows ones. Cheers. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Lucio Crusca <lucio () sulweb org> wrote:
Giuseppe Iuculano wrote:CVE-2009-0945 CVE-2009-1687 CVE-2009-1690 CVE-2009-1698 CVE-2009-1711 CVE-2009-1712 CVE-2009-1725 CVE-2009-2700Hmmm, 7 remote vulns in qt4 that allow execution of arbitrary code plus 1 mitm. How far is the day when someone will write a virus for Linux desktops? _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- Re: [SECURITY] [DSA-1988-1] New qt4-x11 packages fix several vulnerabilities Lucio Crusca (Feb 05)
- Re: [SECURITY] [DSA-1988-1] New qt4-x11 packages fix several vulnerabilities Christian Sciberras (Feb 05)