On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 4:50 AM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote:
jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 09/05/2017 à 10:29, Greg Freemyer a écrit :
I see nothing to suggest this doesn't impact Linux installs on the affected PCs.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-chip-vulnerability-lets-hackers-easily-re...
"But Embedi warned that any affected internet-facing device with open ports 16992 and 16993 are at risk. "Access to ports 16992/16993 are the only requirement to perform a successful attack," said the Embedi researchers."
The bug is pretty horrendous and gives remote attackers access to the remote console. If you have auto-login enabled it may give the attacker a nice logged in GUI.
Greg -- Greg Freemyer
my this be oppened without us knowing? (are these ports used by common applications?)
Only for Intel AMT - who in their right mind would open for external access to that ....
The article says Internet scans for the ports have found about 9000 unprotected PCs, so it is done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org