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This is a ridiculously over hyped vulnerability, the most over-hyped I've seen in a long time. Still, kudos to the author who found it, it's going to definitel
by ruthmarx 2y ago
This is a ridiculously over hyped vulnerability, the most over-hyped I've seen in a long time.
Still, kudos to the author who found it, it's going to definitely be a career boost with all the world is ending headlines.
- dottedmag 2y agoWill it? The author goes to my «do not hire / hype-eater» list for sure.
- b112 2y agoSame here. I don't need people overstating issues working for me. I'd never be able to trust anything this person says, in terms of priority. Literally making things up, screaming his head off, crying wolf, "all linux systems" my ass. A horrible person. You know some people actually take security seriously? Not this guy. It's all a personal hype vector.
- ruthmarx 2y agoThe author isn't really the one over-hyping it.
- tsimionescu 2y agoIt's probably somewhat overhyped, but it's still a really really bad vulnerability for virtually all Linux desktops, even as presented. It's a persistent compromise of your printing system that can happen to your default Linux installation by just connecting to the same wifi/LAN as an attacker, and triggered at any point later when you print something. And it's very likely that someone will find a way to exploit it with a buffer overflow without even having to wait for the user to print something.