full-disclosure - Re: Evilgrade 2.0 - the update explotation framework is back

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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:13:33 -0400
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Evilgrade 2.0 - the update explotation
 framework is back

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:36 AM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:09:27 BST, Mario Vilas said:
>
>> Just signing the update packages prevents this attack, so it's not that hard
>> to fix.
>
> Except if a signing key gets compromised, as happened to one Linux vendor
> recently, causing a lot of kerfluffle...
??? Are you ptoposing to throw the baby out with the bath water ??? I
would not have expected that from *.edu.

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