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Originally Posted by frostschutz
Security is one of the reasons why people choose Linux. However it's only secure as long as every security issue, no matter how small, is taken very seriously and fixed soonest possible.
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You mean faster than the one day it was fixed in and the three days that the fix will be available for download?
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You can't talk an issue like this away - you can only fix it.
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This exploit gives someone who already has access to everything important on a single user system, some more, largely useless access. I'll repeat this, as it doesn't seem to sink in. For the vast majority of single user systems (i.e. almost every laptop or desktop out there) this exploit is irrelevant.