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Remove the backdoor found in 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 (CVE-2024-3094).

While the backdoor was inactive (and thus harmless) without inserting
a small trigger code into the build system when the source package was
created, it's good to remove this anyway:

  - The executable payloads were embedded as binary blobs in
    the test files. This was a blatant violation of the
    Debian Free Software Guidelines.

  - On machines that see lots bots poking at the SSH port, the backdoor
    noticeably increased CPU load, resulting in degraded user experience
    and thus overwhelmingly negative user feedback.

  - The maintainer who added the backdoor has disappeared.

  - Backdoors are bad for security.

This reverts the following without making any other changes:

The sentence “This was a blatant violation of the Debian Free Software Guidelines” is highlighted.

Below the github screenshot is a frame of the 1998 film The Big Lebowski with the meme caption “What, are you a fucking park ranger now?” from the scene where that line was spoken.

    • @PlasticExistenceEnglish
      11•8 months ago

      They’re great for avoiding jealous husbands who come home early unexpectedly though

      • @[email protected]English
        9•8 months ago
        NSFW

        I was with my mistress one day when she heard her husband walking up the drive. She said, “quick, use the back door!”. I wasn’t sure we had time, but it’s not every day you’re offered anal

    • TimeSquirrel
      5•8 months ago

      Dude I worked for in 2008 (small IT support company) insisted we store all the domain logins and passwords for all our customer’s networks on our internal Sharepoint system and forward a port to RDP on all their domain controllers. It was a fucked up place to work with every procedure pulled out of someone’s ass on the spot.

      /randomrelatedstory

  • urdaEnglish
    10•8 months ago

    Lady, I got buddies who died face-down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this FOSS library!