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Once upon a time, Richard Hughes <hughsient@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> 2009/11/19 Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Once upon a time, Ricky Zhou <ricky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> >> I might be wrong on this, but wouldn't the attacker need to trick
> >> yum/packagekit into using the malicious repo first? I didn't think that
> >> was allowed for non-root users.
> >
> > 1.5 words: NetworkManager. Think about it.
>
> 2 words: Package signing.
>
> If the key is different to the one that was preciously imported, you
> need the root password.
2 words: replay attack.
So there are no packages in releases/12/Everything that have privilege
escalation bugs? All I have to do is wait for one to be found, and I
have a signed path to root. Even if the package is fixed in updates, I
just have to have a custom updates repo without it.
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Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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