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sjvn
@sjvn@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Why Sudo-rs Brings Modern Memory Safety to Ubuntu 26.04: https://thenewstack.io/why-sudo-rs-brings-modern-memory-safety-to-ubuntu-26-04/ via @TheNewStack & @sjvn

The new #Rust-based sudo command is safer and the default in the next long-term support version of #Ubuntu #Linux.

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Why Sudo-rs Brings Modern Memory Safety to Ubuntu 26.04

Some people don't see the point of a Rust-based replacement for the core Unix/Linux command sudo, while others welcome the idea of a memory-safe version of sudo.
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James Bottomley
@jejb@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@sjvn @TheNewStack so you know from your tarmageddon article that logic errors can cause CVEs regardless of rust. Rewriting tools in a new language is a good way of creating new logic errors which has to be set against the risk of still existing memory faults the old tools ... which is pretty minimal for something as old as sudo.

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@sjvn@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@jejb @TheNewStack True. Logic errors will always be with us.

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