Critical Vulnerabilities Found In Linux Kernel

Polish security firm iSec Security Research last week announced the discovery of 3 new vulnerabilities discovered in Linux. The flaws could result in an attacker being able to escalate privileges and execute programs as if they were the root administrator. This is just the latest in a series of flaws found recently with Linux. Open source software is believed to be more secure by virtue of having so many developers around the world able to scrutinize the code and make sure that these sort of flaws don't exist. Is open source software not living up to its secure reputation? Serious New Linux Vulnerabilities.