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Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code
From: Darren Martyn <d.martyn.fulldisclosure () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:53:32 +0000
At least we can see the code and the fuckups freely... Unlike with some OS's... On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Leon Kaiser <literalka () gmail com> wrote:
** Of course I couldn't resist! -- ======================================================== *Leon Kaiser* - Head of GNAA Public Relations - literalka () gnaa eu || literalka () goatse fr http://gnaa.eu || http://security.goatse.fr 7BEECD8D FCBED526 F7960173 459111CE F01F9923<http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&search=0x459111CEF01F9923> "The mask of anonymity is not intensely constructive." -- Andrew "weev" Auernheimer ======================================================== On Sun, 2011-11-06 at 12:49 +1100, Jeremy Visser wrote: On 05/11/2011, at 18:24, Leon Kaiser wrote:The flagrant disregard for his userbase is disgusting! I just uninstalled calibre. https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/885027/comments/90 sudo apt-get remove calibreThe comment and "patch" you posted shows you clearly did not read the comments in the bug report. Ubuntu has already had the bug fixed, because they use a safe udev-based hook. The vulnerability only applies to those who have installed Calibre from source. So "apt-get remove calibre" is a pretty naïve comment to make, but you couldn't resist the bashing, could you? The reason why he's reinvented the wheel writing the insecure calibre-mount-helper daemon is because there is no platform-agnostic solution for auto-mounting. Modern Linux distros need a udev hook, older ones need a HAL-based hook, BSD needs HAL, and who knows what everyone else needs. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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Current thread:
- How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code Laurelai (Nov 03)
- Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code Jeffrey Walton (Nov 04)
- Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code xD 0x41 (Nov 04)
- Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code Leon Kaiser (Nov 05)
- Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code xD 0x41 (Nov 05)
- Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code Jeremy Visser (Nov 05)
- Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code Manfred Schmitt (Nov 05)
- Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code Jeffrey Walton (Nov 06)
- Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code Leon Kaiser (Nov 08)
- Re: How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code Darren Martyn (Nov 08)