From 45d789eeb690832a78dc71b35b960148ec7ccda7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: inference Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2023 20:15:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update Blog #1 webpage from version 4.1.1.25 to 4.2.0.26 --- blog/systemd_insecurity.html | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/systemd_insecurity.html b/blog/systemd_insecurity.html index 2f3c585..39b5d98 100644 --- a/blog/systemd_insecurity.html +++ b/blog/systemd_insecurity.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ - + @@ -34,28 +34,28 @@

Updated: 2022-11-14 (UTC+00:00)

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Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Anyone who cares about security may want to switch from systemd as soon as possible; its lead developer doesn't care about your security at all.

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Issue #0 - Against CVE Assignment

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Issue #0 - Against CVE Assignment


"You don't assign CVEs to every single random bugfix we do, do you?"

- Lennart Poettering, systemd lead developer

My thoughts:
Yes, if they're security-related.

Source:
- systemd GitHub Issue 5998

+ systemd GitHub Issue 5998

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Issue #1 - CVEs Are Not Useful

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Issue #1 - CVEs Are Not Useful

"Humpf, I am not convinced this is the right way to announce this. We never did that, and half the CVEs aren't useful anyway, hence I am not sure we should start with that now, because it is either inherently incomplete or blesses the nonsensical part of the CVE circus which we really shouldn't @@ -66,18 +66,18 @@ it *is* the correct way to announce it. It seems as if over 95 security-concious people think the same.

Source:
- systemd GitHub Issue 6225

+ systemd GitHub Issue 6225

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Issue #2 - Security is a Circus

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Issue #2 - Security is a Circus

"I am not sure I buy enough into the security circus to do that though for any minor issue..."

- Lennart Poettering, systemd lead developer

Source:
- systemd GitHub Issue 5144

+ systemd GitHub Issue 5144

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Issue #3 - Blaming the User

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Issue #3 - Blaming the User

"Yes, as you found out "0day" is not a valid username. I wonder which tool permitted you to create it in the first place. Note that not permitting numeric first characters is done on purpose: to avoid ambiguities between numeric UID and textual user names. @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ systemd was the thing that allowed root access just because a username started with a number, then Poettering blamed the user.

Source:
- systemd GitHub Issue 6237

+ systemd GitHub Issue 6237