A backdoor in xz

Posted Mar 31, 2024 1:34 UTC (Sun) by DimeCadmium (subscriber, #157243)
In reply to: A backdoor in xz by dvdeug
Parent article: A backdoor in xz

> Which is a bug; they should complete all checks that make them fail before reporting success. Yes, bugs are a reality.

Indeed. But *IT IS THE SAME BUG WHETHER YOU'RE USING SYSTEMD'S NOTIFICATIONS OR FORKING*

I don't understand why I have to explain that so many times only to hear the EXACT SAME (inane) ARGUMENT again.

A backdoor in xz

Posted Apr 1, 2024 11:29 UTC (Mon) by HenrikH (subscriber, #31152) [Link]

for that particular deamon yes, but there are less that have this bug than where the double fork is not reliable (which is 100% of the double fork cases).