From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:bcc0::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id yFUfJ+6DTmBwMgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 21:45:18 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:bcc0::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id iC7lIu6DTmC/bQAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 21:45:18 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31EEC1FD64 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 22:45:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost ([::1]:47174 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lLYY1-0001Cw-Bw for larch@yhetil.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:45:17 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55328) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lLYLk-0003MS-IJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:32:36 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([64.112.178.59]:55690) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lLYLj-0001bU-0E for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:32:36 -0400 Received: from mhw by world.peace.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lLYLe-0000pX-MG; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:32:30 -0400 From: Mark H Weaver To: =?utf-8?Q?L=C3=A9o?= Le Bouter , Leo Famulari Subject: Re: bsdiff package vulnerable to CVE-2020-14315 In-Reply-To: <821daed43b3d25821af5f9d3e634f38f710d7d9a.camel@zaclys.net> References: <789b3d6f163e1fd4033e77eaa5a864c010e645dd.camel@zaclys.net> <821daed43b3d25821af5f9d3e634f38f710d7d9a.camel@zaclys.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:31:00 -0400 Message-ID: <87im5ts9qo.fsf@netris.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=64.112.178.59; envelope-from=mhw@netris.org; helo=world.peace.net X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." 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It sounds like it is >> not >> supported on Linux. Does it offer some unique functionality? > > I would advocate for removal of the package, or at least warning about > absence of security patches for security issues at install/show time. For the record, L=C3=A9o removed this package in commit 373c7b5791acd8f377455be47260948b843dd5db on the 'master' branch. Mark