Re: [Full-disclosure] How not to deal with a vulnerability in your code

[Darren Martyn <d.martyn.fulldisclosure@xxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>   On Sun, 2011-11-06 at 12:49 +1100, Jeremy Visser wrote:
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> 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 calibre
>
> The 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?
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> 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.
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> Modern Linux distros need a udev hook, older ones need a HAL-based hook, BSD 
> needs HAL, and who knows what everyone else needs.
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