back to article BIG RED BUTTON exploits Redis flaw to fix Redis flaw

Reckless sys admins rejoice: entrepreneurial security bod Ben Murphy has created a daring quick patch for the popular Redis data structure server. Murphy (@benmmurphy) created an alluring red Hot Patcher™ button that when pushed will exploit a flaw in Redis in order to patch a Lua sandbox bypass vulnerability he disclosed this …

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    1. Bronek Kozicki
      Joke

      The answer is right there before you : his name is Murphy

    2. Just Enough

      Yeah. Try explaining that one to your manager.

      "I brought down the server and trashed the data by pressing a button that warned it may bring down the server and trash the data. But I thought, what the hell, worth a bash."

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