Ubuntu and other Linux distros at risk from Oh Snap! More Lemmings security exploit

Security researchers from Qualys have issued a warning about a Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Discovered in the snap-confine function of Canonical’s Snap package manager. Known as Oh Snap! More Lemmings and tracked as CVE-2021-44731, the collection of security flaws can be exploited to gain root privileges. See also: Microsoft is testing an annoying desktop watermark …

Hackaday Links: November 21, 2021

As the most spendiest time of the year quickly approaches, it’s great to understand that your hard-earned cash does not need to go towards presents that are most likely still being in the dank holds of container ships sitting at anchor off the coast of California. A minimum of not if you go shopping the …