Re: CVE-2019-12522

On 4/03/22 00:39, Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
> I'm still trying to understand why it's described as "exploitable" ???
> It's like saying: The Linux Kernel should not be a kernel and init(or
> equivalent) should not run with uid 0 or 1.
> Why nobody complains about cockpit being a root process??
> 

This explains the _type_ of problem 
<https://secureteam.co.uk/articles/how-return-oriented-programming-exploits-work/>.


Most Squid are automatically protected against it by at least one of OS 
or compiler systems. But some can still be vulnerable, as shown by Jerkio.

Amos