The flaw discovered in Ralink's Wi-fi drivers for Windows last weekend also affects the Linux drivers – as already suspected. Attackers can exploit the hole to crash a computer remotely or possibly even inject and execute arbitrary code. Debian has released new packages for the rt2400, rt2500 and rt2570 models, but the packages need to be compiled by the user for the time being.
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