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

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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 09:26:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jhfjjf Hfdsjj <taser3000@...oo.com>
To: noloader@...il.com
Cc: 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.

I do not believe anyone is 'ptoposing' anything. All he said was that package 
signing should not be taken as a silver bullet, for experience has shown that 
the key's themselves are capable of being compromised if a vendor is 
successfully attacked.

Exactly what I would expect from *.edu

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