Re: [Full-disclosure] Vulnerabilities in phpCOIN

["Jan G.B." <ro0ot.w00t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2010/4/9  <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx>:
> On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:49:58 +0200, "Jan G.B." said:
>
>> And where's the point in reporting several projects that use a -say-
>> library which has a reported problem? (I mean, you've send quite the
>> same mail with a different software to bugtraq, today.)
>
> A few years ago, a rather nasty vulnerability was found in the zlib
> compression library.  We then saw a whole raft of advisories for things
> that included the zlib libraries, because often the package shipped with
> a private copy of zlib so patching the system zlib did *not* actually
> fix the problem for the zlib-using package.
>
> And quite frankly, if it's a very low-level package, the average system
> admin may not even *realize* that his very important MobyFoo package that
> he remembers uses something called FooBar (or at least he remembers MobyFoo
> wanting FooBar when he installed it 3 years ago), and the year after that,
> FooBar started using QuuxBaz, which (a) the sysadmin didn't even know was
> installed on his box, and (b) has a security hole.
>
> You think I'm kidding?  Even *after* some vigorous pruning, my Fedora laptop
> has 1,782 RPMs installed - back around Red Hat 9 it was more like 600. Lotta
> software bloat going on, and most sysadmins don't have the combo of time and
> clue to fight it.  For instance, it's a losing battle to keep Bluetooth
> software off this laptop, even though it doesn't *have* Bluetooth hardware,
> because more and more packages link in Bluetooth "in case you have it".
>
> And not one of those package developers understands the concept of a linker
> "weak reference". Argh.
>

You're right.
But the target of these advisories seems to be to get as many visitors
as possible to that site and not to inform the developers (see dates).

Regards

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