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Vulnerability Discovered In Latest Ubuntu Distributions, Users Advised To Update (ubuntu.com)

Posted by msmash on from the go-update dept.

Celarent Darii writes: There is a vulnerability in the latest ubuntu distributions due to the DNS resolver included in systemd. The inclusion of the dns resolver was lamented by many on the mailing list, not without cause. All are advised to update their distribution.

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  1. Dare I say it? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here goes: systemd, the cause of all modern Linux problems.

    systemd is completely backward in how unix systems are built. You're supposed to have tiny programs do one job and do it well. systemd is a huge monolith that's assimilating everything on its path.

    Wait, why does that sound familiar?

    Anyone know if the authors of systemd are getting paid by Microsoft, by any chance?

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    1. Re:Dare I say it? by chihowa · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The problem with systemd is the half-assed assimilation of more and more system functions.

      • Why does systemd even have its own DNS resolver?
      • How many people are working on it and reviewing the code for security issues?
      • Why was the whole thing rewritten from scratch instead of just writing a shim for the previously used, reviewed, secure resolvers that exist?

      It's not just DNS resolvers, either. I've had issues with systemd's own (very incomplete) SNTP client, which is used instead of more mature and robust clients. Why do they keep reinventing the wheel in such a sloppy way?

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  2. Re: I'm amazed! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Although systemd is developed by a clique of Redhat engineers, Redhat distros themselves are so laughably out of date it's likely we will see them suffer from this vulnerability, just in 5 years time.

  3. Please, do not use systemd by what+about · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Switch to slackware, devuan, gentoo...

    After all Linux is still a few percentage of desktop, no need to install Debian derivative
    We are competent admin, are we not ?

    Yes, it is painful to see such a great distro being overtaken by such a crap software.

    Live long and prosper

  4. Re:what a horrible dns resolver by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What problem do the systemd guys think that they're solving by adding a half-assed dns resolver to systemd? Is it just because they can't stand to have any software that's not under their direct control?

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