‘Dirty Pipe’ Linux Flaw Affects a Wide Range of QNAP NAS Devices

Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker QNAP on Monday warned of a recently disclosed Linux vulnerability affecting its devices that could be abused to elevate privileges and gain control of affected systems.
« A local privilege escalation vulnerability, also known as ‘Dirty Pipe,’ has been reported to affect the Linux kernel on QNAP NAS running QTS 5.0.x and QuTS hero h5.0.x, » the company

Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker QNAP on Monday warned of a recently disclosed Linux vulnerability affecting its devices that could be abused to elevate privileges and gain control of affected systems.
« A local privilege escalation vulnerability, also known as ‘Dirty Pipe,’ has been reported to affect the Linux kernel on QNAP NAS running QTS 5.0.x and QuTS hero h5.0.x, » the company