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Worried about that critical RCE Linux bug? Here's why you can relax
Yes, there are security holes in OpenPrinting CUPS, which Linux, Chrome OS, MacOS, and some Unix systems use for printing, but it's not that bad. Here's how to check if you're at risk.
As Margaritelli wrote in a blog post, "I've been scanning the entire public internet IPv4 ranges several times a day for weeks, sending the UDP packet and logging whatever connected back. As Ilkka Turunen, the open-source supply chain company Sonatype's Field CTO, wrote on LinkedIn, " Good news then -- it's an RCE but with several mitigations, including the fact the attacker needs to be able to connect to a computer via UDP, which is widely disabled on network ingress, and the service is usually not on by default. Margaritelli reported that many of the programmers involved with CUPS resisted efforts to point out the bugs (never mind fixing them).
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