‘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