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Security Holes in CVS and Subversion Found

Posted by simoniker on from the nee-naw dept.

joe_bruin writes "News.com.com is reporting a two separate vulnerabilities that affect current versions of CVS and Subversion source control systems. Apparently, major users of these products (Linux and BSD distros, Samba, etc.) have been notified and have patched their systems." Update: 05/20 02:01 GMT by S : Clarification that there are separate issues for both CVS and Subversion.

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  1. If CVS was implemented in Java... by StLawrence · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If CVS was implemented in Java it couldn't suffer from this
    kind of problem. Sure, there are still plenty of other bugs
    that can be coded up in Java, but not nearly the plethora of
    agonizing painful excruciating unfindable bugs you can
    subject yourself (and your users) to with applications written
    in C & C++ and other archaic languages.

    I'm sure there are good reasons to program in C, C++,
    assembly language, FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC, ... I just
    can't think of any offhand. :-)

    1. Re:If CVS was implemented in Java... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Yes, and it would have the other traditional elements of Java:

      - Slow
      - Bloated
      - Ugly

      Which is not what you want for ANY application. How Java still survives is beyond me.

  2. Re:Aren't all "First Post" posts Offtopic? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Basically, people with altogether far too much spare time sit and reload Slashdot

    As opposed to the idiot "editors" that can't find a few spare seconds to find out if the current article in the submission queue is a dupe or the write-up provided is even remotely accurate to the linked subject. The morons that run this site STILL seem to think that Slashdot is some sort of relevant discussion site.

  3. Re:Wait! by The+Spoonman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    all versions of CVS released before May 19th

    This is the first time they looked at the code?

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