A security expert discovered a critical flaw in the VxWorks, one of the most reliable real-time operating systems for the Internet of Things also used by the Curiosity Rover. Canadian security researcher Yannick Formaggio presented a detailed analysis of an integer overflow bug that could be exploited by an attacker for remote code execution. He also made another worrying discovery related to the system, the FTP server is affected by ring buffer overflow under specific conditions. Wind River confirmed the presence of the flaw and plans to distribute a security update as soon as possible.”]
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