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

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.

Comments

Dare I say it?

[DontBeAMoran]

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?

Re:Dare I say it?

[chihowa]

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?

Re:what a horrible dns resolver

[aardvarkjoe]

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?