APT vulnerability

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figueroa
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Re: APT vulnerability

#11 Post by figueroa »

So glad to see this activity. I'd just seen the following story in my news feed: https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasty-sec ... linux-apt/
Andy Figueroa
Using Unix from 1984; GNU/Linux from 1993

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sdibaja
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Re: APT vulnerability

#12 Post by sdibaja »

"...was recently found to have a serious security hole. It's now patched."
...so it was found an patched before we ever heard of it. Thanks Debian!

I wonder, was this ever a real problem, as in did a hacker ever use that hole and do something?
Not just "a proof of concept"
Peter E.
Baja California, Mexico.

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