[CentOS] [Fwd: CIA Outlaw Country attack against CentOS / Rhel (and Fedora?) Is this credible?]

Sat Jul 1 16:40:29 UTC 2017
Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com>

On 06/30/2017 08:47 AM, Dario Lesca wrote:
> My first take is that this doesn't represent a very serious threat.  Do
> you disagree?


The module doesn't represent an unknown security flaw, so my inclination 
is to say "no."  I'd also note that if your systems aren't extremely 
old, they probably boot via UEFI, and support Secure Boot.  Such a 
system will not load unsigned modules.