Multiple vulnerabilities put 40 million Ubuntu users at risk

Security researchers have recently found “multiple vulnerabilities” on Ubuntu systems, some of which would allow a threat actor to gain root privileges on the target endpoint.

In a blog post, Bharat Jogi, Director of Vulnerability and Threat Research at Qualys, said the team found the flaws in the snap-confine function on Linux operating systems. Approximately 40 million users are at risk.