Ubuntu security vulnerabilities

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Marco Desloovere

Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
vulnerabilities?
How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?

Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn

Marco
 
Marco Desloovere wrote:
> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
> vulnerabilities?
> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>
> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>
> Marco

I would trust the product, and the list IS huge. However, if you take
the time to look at the details, you would find that from the top
(latest vulnerability listed - reported 8/21/07) to the bottom (earliest
vulnerability listed - reported 10/22/04) of the list, all the
vulnerabilities have fixes available and are easily remediated. I quote
for the latest listed: "The problem can be corrected by upgrading your
system to the following package versions: (listing of packages). In
general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary
changes."
The earliest has the same statement.
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norm
 
norm wrote:
> Marco Desloovere wrote:
>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>> vulnerabilities?
>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>
>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>>
>> Marco
>
> I would trust the product, and the list IS huge. However, if you take
> the time to look at the details, you would find that from the top
> (latest vulnerability listed - reported 8/21/07) to the bottom (earliest
> vulnerability listed - reported 10/22/04) of the list, all the
> vulnerabilities have fixes available and are easily remediated. I quote
> for the latest listed: "The problem can be corrected by upgrading your
> system to the following package versions: (listing of packages). In
> general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary
> changes."
> The earliest has the same statement.

I get a little icon on the upper panel telling me there are updates.
Don't have to check every single program I have installed to know if
there is one or not which is one of many reasons that Ubuntu is more
user friendly than Windows.

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Yes, all complex programs including OS' have bugs that can possibly be
exploited. Was this news to you or are you trolling?

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"Marco Desloovere" <marco_desloovere@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:r1qmc3ppq63n1utng0abil663dirv4vi4u@4ax.com...
> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
> vulnerabilities?
> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>
> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>
> Marco
 
Define trolling

"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
news:72C92115-1907-4676-A9C5-C356D64C315C@microsoft.com...
> Yes, all complex programs including OS' have bugs that can possibly be
> exploited. Was this news to you or are you trolling?
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
> "Marco Desloovere" <marco_desloovere@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:r1qmc3ppq63n1utng0abil663dirv4vi4u@4ax.com...
>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>> vulnerabilities?
>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>
>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>>
>> Marco
>
 
In article <r1qmc3ppq63n1utng0abil663dirv4vi4u@4ax.com>,
marco_desloovere@yahoo.com says...
> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
> vulnerabilities?
> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>
> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn

Alias and Adam are going to hate you - showing more than 500 exploits in
Ubuntu....

Latest one: Description "It was discovered that Jasper did not correctly
handle corrupted JPEG2000 images. By tricking a user into opening a
specially crafted JPG, a remote attacker could cause the application
using libjasper to crash, resulting in a denial of service."


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In article <faft25$hbt$1@aioe.org>, iamalias@shoesgmail.com says...
> I get a little icon on the upper panel telling me there are updates.
> Don't have to check every single program I have installed to know if
> there is one or not which is one of many reasons that Ubuntu is more
> user friendly than Windows.

All of the programs provided by MS get updates without me having to do
anything... Windows XP, Office 2003/2007... Server 2003....

My systems update as reliably as the last one I had running Ubuntu...

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Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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Leythos wrote:
> In article <r1qmc3ppq63n1utng0abil663dirv4vi4u@4ax.com>,
> marco_desloovere@yahoo.com says...
>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>> vulnerabilities?
>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>
>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>
> Alias and Adam are going to hate you - showing more than 500 exploits in
> Ubuntu....
>
> Latest one: Description "It was discovered that Jasper did not correctly
> handle corrupted JPEG2000 images. By tricking a user into opening a
> specially crafted JPG, a remote attacker could cause the application
> using libjasper to crash, resulting in a denial of service."
>
>
And did you read the details on the exploit? The submission on the
exploit is 8/20/07. The resolution is as follows: The problem can be
corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
(packages listed). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient
to effect the necessary changes.
There is nothing for anyone to hate. The exploits listed date back to
10/22/04 to the present. That's a fact. It is also a fact that they all
have been taken care of.
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http://www.vistahelp.ca


"NonTarget" <DontShoot@me.plz> wrote in message
news:OikxxjF5HHA.5212@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Define trolling
>
> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
> news:72C92115-1907-4676-A9C5-C356D64C315C@microsoft.com...
>> Yes, all complex programs including OS' have bugs that can possibly be
>> exploited. Was this news to you or are you trolling?
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
>>
>> "Marco Desloovere" <marco_desloovere@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:r1qmc3ppq63n1utng0abil663dirv4vi4u@4ax.com...
>>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>>> vulnerabilities?
>>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>>
>>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>>>
>>> Marco
>>
>
 
From that link
The term troll should be used with attention since it is a very easy way of
undermining an opposing point of view. Sometimes, overly using the word
"troll" may constitute trolling in itself.

"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
news:e8IHN1F5HHA.4676@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
> "NonTarget" <DontShoot@me.plz> wrote in message
> news:OikxxjF5HHA.5212@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Define trolling
>>
>> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
>> news:72C92115-1907-4676-A9C5-C356D64C315C@microsoft.com...
>>> Yes, all complex programs including OS' have bugs that can possibly be
>>> exploited. Was this news to you or are you trolling?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kerry Brown
>>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>>
>>>
>>> "Marco Desloovere" <marco_desloovere@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:r1qmc3ppq63n1utng0abil663dirv4vi4u@4ax.com...
>>>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>>>> vulnerabilities?
>>>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>>>
>>>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>>>>
>>>> Marco
>>>
>>
>
 
Marco Desloovere wrote:
> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
> vulnerabilities?
> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>
> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>
> Marco


Uhhh...hold on one second...I see no need whatsoever to install any of
those "security updates'...seeing as how we've all been brainwashed into
believing that ubuntu is 100% bullet proof secure and needs no security
at all...it's safe that way out of the box, right?
Or did we get lied to?
Frank
 
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:55:18 -0700, Frank <fb@nospaner.cnm> wrote:

>Marco Desloovere wrote:
>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>> vulnerabilities?
>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>
>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>>
>> Marco
>
>
>Uhhh...hold on one second...I see no need whatsoever to install any of
>those "security updates'...seeing as how we've all been brainwashed into
>believing that ubuntu is 100% bullet proof secure and needs no security
>at all...it's safe that way out of the box, right?
>Or did we get lied to?

I thought that was Microsoft's hype about Vista.
 
norm wrote:

> Leythos wrote:
>> In article <r1qmc3ppq63n1utng0abil663dirv4vi4u@4ax.com>,
>> marco_desloovere@yahoo.com says...
>>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>>> vulnerabilities?
>>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>>
>>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>>
>> Alias and Adam are going to hate you - showing more than 500 exploits in
>> Ubuntu....
>>
>> Latest one: Description "It was discovered that Jasper did not correctly
>> handle corrupted JPEG2000 images. By tricking a user into opening a
>> specially crafted JPG, a remote attacker could cause the application
>> using libjasper to crash, resulting in a denial of service."
>>
>>
> And did you read the details on the exploit? The submission on the
> exploit is 8/20/07. The resolution is as follows: The problem can be
> corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
> (packages listed). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient
> to effect the necessary changes.
> There is nothing for anyone to hate. The exploits listed date back to
> 10/22/04 to the present. That's a fact. It is also a fact that they all
> have been taken care of.

Please don't try and confuse reality with facts. In Leythos' small warped
mind, nothing beats his beloved XP. That should say enough right there.

Cheers.

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also smart enough not to want to bother." philo
 
Adam Albright wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:55:18 -0700, Frank <fb@nospaner.cnm> wrote:
>
>
>>Marco Desloovere wrote:
>>
>>>Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>>>vulnerabilities?
>>>How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>>
>>>Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>>>http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>>>
>>>Marco
>>
>>
>>Uhhh...hold on one second...I see no need whatsoever to install any of
>>those "security updates'...seeing as how we've all been brainwashed into
>>believing that ubuntu is 100% bullet proof secure and needs no security
>>at all...it's safe that way out of the box, right?
>>Or did we get lied to?
>
>
> I thought that was Microsoft's hype about Vista.
>

Uhhh...aren't you the same guy who stood in the beans line thinking it
was the brains line...that's was you, right?
Frank
 
Leythos wrote:
> In article <faft25$hbt$1@aioe.org>, iamalias@shoesgmail.com says...
>> I get a little icon on the upper panel telling me there are updates.
>> Don't have to check every single program I have installed to know if
>> there is one or not which is one of many reasons that Ubuntu is more
>> user friendly than Windows.
>
> All of the programs provided by MS get updates without me having to do
> anything... Windows XP, Office 2003/2007... Server 2003....
>
> My systems update as reliably as the last one I had running Ubuntu...
>

Java, Spybot, AdAware, Spywareblaster, Flash, etc. do not update
automatically. With Ubuntu *everything* on your computer is updated
automatically.

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To email me, remove shoes
 
Kerry Brown [Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:47:42 -0700] wrote:

>Yes, all complex programs including OS' have bugs that can possibly be
>exploited. Was this news to you or are you trolling?

It's supposed to be a message to all those misguided Ubuntu trolls in
this Windows Vista group.

All computer operating systems have one thing in common: they are
created by human beings all human beings make mistakes.
Therefore, *all* operating systems are prone to security
vulnerabilities, because of common *human* errors, and not because one
is called Microsoft Windows and the other Ubuntu Linux or whatever.

Marco
 
Leythos [Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:15:08 -0400] wrote:

>In article <r1qmc3ppq63n1utng0abil663dirv4vi4u@4ax.com>,
>marco_desloovere@yahoo.com says...
>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>> vulnerabilities?
>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>
>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>
>Alias and Adam are going to hate you - showing more than 500 exploits in
>Ubuntu....

Well, yeah, the truth is always painful... -)

Marco
 
Frank [Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:55:18 -0700] wrote:

>Marco Desloovere wrote:
>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>> vulnerabilities?
>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>
>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>>
>> Marco
>
>
>Uhhh...hold on one second...I see no need whatsoever to install any of
>those "security updates'...seeing as how we've all been brainwashed into
>believing that ubuntu is 100% bullet proof secure and needs no security
>at all...it's safe that way out of the box, right?
>Or did we get lied to?
>Frank

It just goes to show that there are no perfect operating systems, simply
because there are no perfect human beings to create them.

Marco
 
Adam Albright [Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:17:10 -0500] wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:55:18 -0700, Frank <fb@nospaner.cnm> wrote:
>
>>Marco Desloovere wrote:
>>> Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security
>>> vulnerabilities?
>>> How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered?
>>>
>>> Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge:
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
>>>
>>> Marco
>>
>>
>>Uhhh...hold on one second...I see no need whatsoever to install any of
>>those "security updates'...seeing as how we've all been brainwashed into
>>believing that ubuntu is 100% bullet proof secure and needs no security
>>at all...it's safe that way out of the box, right?
>>Or did we get lied to?
>
>I thought that was Microsoft's hype about Vista.

Speaking for myself, Vista is running very reliably, and at the end of
the day, this is all that really counts for me.

Marco
 
In article <dqOyi.79014$rX4.36737@pd7urf2no>, nospam@nospam.com says...
> Please don't try and confuse reality with facts. In Leythos' small warped
> mind, nothing beats his beloved XP. That should say enough right there.

More lies from the Zealot group?

I have Fedora Core running on several workstations in my office, love
it, but I work with companies that use Windows, and XP is still a better
and more productive OS than Vista is at this time.

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Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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