The security community has recently learned of the new security exploit that will allow any normal, non-privileged, user to become the most powerful user on a Linux system – “root”. This elevation of privileges means that you can no longer trust any user on your Linux box if it is running a version of the Linux kernel from 2.6.17 all the way to 2.6.24.1. Any low privileged shell account can now become an attack vector. Just imagine a system where every user is potentially an