Linux Is Vulnerable to Malicious USB Devices.

Posted by petur on Mar 9, 2011 4:24 PM EDT
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"A bug in the Caiaq USB driver, which could be used to execute arbitrary at the kernel level has been reported by Rafael Dominguez Vega of MRW InfoSecurity. The device drivers are vulnerable to buffer overflow condition when an USB device with an unusually long name (over 80 characters) is connected to the machine."

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