Mastodon Patches 4 Bugs, but Is the #Twitter Killer Safe to Use?
>Writing of the 9.9 out of 10-severity file creation bug, one security researcher noted that "a significant percentage" of users and organizations hosting #Mastodon servers "haven't patched, and this one is very likely to see in the wild exploitation. Widespread exploitation across many instances is as simple as sending a single toot," Mastodon's version of a tweet.
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/mastodon-patches-4-bugs-but-is-the-twitter-killer-safe-to-use- #security #fediverse
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2023-07-12 05:32:45
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