Nine CrackArmor flaws in Linux AppArmor since 2017 enable root escalation and container bypass, putting 12.6M systems at risk.

Qualys reports the discovery by their threat research unit of vulnerabilities in the Linux AppArmor system used by SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, and ...

Qualys researchers expose ‘CrackArmor’ flaws that allow unprivileged users to escalate privileges to root, break container isolation, and crash systems, with no CVE identifiers yet assigned.

CrackArmor” refers to a group of nine critical vulnerabilities found in the Linux kernel’s AppArmor module. AppArmor is a ...

A set of newly identified vulnerabilities in the Linux security module AppArmor could allow attackers to gain root access, ...

Novell reduces AppArmor work, relying instead on the open-source community, but project leaders launch a new company for the open-source Linux security project. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Three years ago, I devoted a couple columns (in the April and August 2006 issues of LJ) to Novell AppArmor, a partial implementation of Mandatory Access Controls (MACs) that Novell had integrated into ...

Linux distributor Novell has announced plans to release the source code of AppArmor, a robust open source security framework that enables developers to limit the potential for exploitation of Linux ...

On October 12, 2023, Canonical will be releasing Ubuntu 23.10. This new version of Ubuntu Linux is already looking good. One new security feature, however, hasn't gotten much attention: Restricted ...

According to Gartner, Novell's decision to place AppArmor in the open source sphere is a "good move" that helps to solve a serious weakness in the firm's existing offerings for the Linux application ...