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Sailfish OS bash shell is affected by the #shellshock bug
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javispedro
2014-09-25 , 10:25
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coderus
anyway, waiting for bash update in nieldk repo
Wow, so you will be installing a random RPM package? Did you know the package could contain a RPM pre/post install script which could:
1) Grab all of your address book contacts,
2) Send compromising SMSs to all of them (plus a few "premium service" SMSs to inflate your bills!),
3) Zip your documents folder and upload to some chinese WWW server,
4) Then proceed to write randomly over your eMMC _permanently_ bricking the Jolla.
#securityscare
The JollaStore RPM packages are somewhat safer, but only because they are manually/statically analyzed.
Just an example of why I think "security scares" are bad. People tend to misplace their fears...
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