Back in Jan 06, DHS had allocated funds for performing Security Audits on open Source Projects. Funded by DHS, SFO based Coverity, is managing the project and has found the biggest Security flaw in X-Windows, since 2000.
Quote from Yahoo News ---
"It could be exploited to allow local users to execute code with root privileges, giving them the ability to overwrite system files or initiate denial-of-service attacks. "
Did Redmond announce any party / bonus ?
2 comments:
Good info dude...thx, Amar!
Mr L(inux)Amar,
Maybe you shud also provide your expertise to help DHS investigate further on any vulnerabilities on Linux.
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