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From: Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name>
To: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Cc: Reza Housseini <reza.housseini@gmail.com>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: xz backdoor
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:23:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4LDx-9hBj5DEyn9y2G5nConlVoRGV8FUgWa0UHApS_4DtaXDpLt6XF8yymmJCkJkyoLXj3CfxP6xgNL6TYm5bo02s2b3ZebeuwU_MWtiol0=@lendvai.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZgtCzmz4Y_99qyNv@jasmine.lan>

> There's actually suspicious code by the xz attacker in one of our
> packages right now:
> 
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/70113
> 
> Please help review that patch!


as for gpaste (one of the dependees of libarchive):

it doesn't build since the recent gnome merge. i've filed a patch for the necessary version bump:

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/70133

which also gets rid of the libarchive dependency.

it would be nice to get this fast tracked. although, judging from the (lack of) complaints, i might be the only user of it.

PS: and meanwhile we're packaging an alternative, namely gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator, with an enormous security flaw: by default it saves the clipboard history in clear text, and calls the feature "cache only favorites", so that even if you look for it, you still don't realize it:

https://github.com/Tudmotu/gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator/issues/138#issuecomment-904689439

...and its author actively defends this situation.

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-04-02  8:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-01 19:46 xz backdoor Reza Housseini
2024-04-01 20:39 ` Kaelyn
2024-04-01 20:52   ` Attila Lendvai
2024-04-01 20:44 ` jbranso
2024-04-01 23:27 ` Leo Famulari
2024-04-02  8:23   ` Attila Lendvai [this message]
2024-04-02  8:29     ` adanskana
2024-04-02 22:35     ` Ryan Prior

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