Red Hat Critical Advisory: Backdoor Access Risk For Users

A team of Internet security researchers say they’ve found a serious security hole in the most popular distribution of the Linux operating system. According to Internet Security Systems Inc., there’s a backdoor account in Red Hat’s Linux that would let . . . A team of Internet security researchers say they’ve found a serious security hole in the most popular distribution of the Linux operating system. According to Internet Security Systems Inc., there’s a backdoor account in Red Hat’s Linux that would let a computer intruder access and alter files on some computers running Red Hat’s most recent version of Linux. But a spokesperson for Red Hat downplayed the flaw, saying few Red Hat users had been exposed to it.

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