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Decade-old Linux ‘wall’ bug helps make fake SUDO prompts, steal passwords

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March 28, 2024, 9:03 p.m. | Bill Toulas

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A vulnerability has been discovered in the 'util-linux' library that could allow unprivileged users to put arbitrary text on other users' terminals using the 'wall' command. [...]

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