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[Serious] flaw on the servers running on Linux OS

May 14, 2013, an exploit was published about the servers running a Linux OS. This fault is considered to be very serious because it allows a user any to take control of the root account.

You will find details of the exploit at the following address: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25444/

Are impacted by this flaw, the system using the kernels of version 2.6.37 to 3.8.8 Attention to the particular case of CentOS, for example: the 2.6.32 kernel contains a lot of patches backportes so could be vulnerable despite everything.

An article in our knowledge base explains the exploit, how to check if you are affected and its correction.
You will find at the following address https://support.ikoula.com/index-1-2-199-2716-kernel-exploit-linux-PERF_EVENTS.html