Comment on Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor

• sirico@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I could be wrong but this is a quick summary as I would look at it. As the Sysop for a small company running linux

  Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager:
      Type: Authentication bypass vulnerability
      Impact: If you're using any of these Fortinet products, an attacker could bypass authentication mechanisms and potentially access or control the system.
      Affect on Linux users: Only those Linux users who have these Fortinet products in their environments would be affected.
  
  CVE-2022-39952:
      Product: Fortinet FortiNAC
      Type: Unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE)
      Impact: Attackers can remotely execute code without authentication.
      Affect on Linux users: Relevant for Linux users/administrators who use Fortinet FortiNAC in their network.
  
  CVE-2021-22205:
      Product: GitLab CE/EE
      Type: Unauthenticated RCE
      Impact: An attacker could remotely execute code without authentication on GitLab instances.
      Affect on Linux users: This would affect Linux users who host or interact with GitLab CE/EE instances.
  
  CVE-2019-18935:
      Product: Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX
      Type: Unauthenticated RCE
      Impact: Allows remote code execution on affected servers using this UI component.
      Affect on Linux users: Most Linux users would not be impacted unless they host ASP.NET applications using this specific UI component.
  
  CVE-2019-9670 / CVE-2019-9621:
      Product: Zimbra Collaboration Suite
      Type: Bundle of two vulnerabilities for unauthenticated RCE
      Impact: Attackers can remotely execute code without authentication on systems using Zimbra.
      Affect on Linux users: Linux users who use or host the Zimbra Collaboration Suite would be affected.
  
  ProxyShell (CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-34523v, CVE-2021-31207):
      Product: Microsoft Exchange
      Type: Set of three chained vulnerabilities for unauthenticated RCE
      Impact: Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities in sequence to remotely execute code on Exchange servers.
      Affect on Linux users: This primarily impacts organizations that run Microsoft Exchange servers. Directly, Linux users wouldn't be affected unless they interact with or administer these servers.
  

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  • Zeth0s@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks, my understanding as well. A clickbait title…

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