Re: Sébastien Luttringer and Tobias Powalowski

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On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 11:55:35PM +0200, NicoHood wrote:
> Yes the GPG signature of the tag commit is checked. However you can
> attack the git metadata and set a tag to a different commit. If this
> commit is signed, but at an older stage which is vulnearable, we have an
> issue. Just one example. So we should always also secure the transport
> layer.
> https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity16/technical-sessions/presentation/torres-arias
> 

The sign includes the hash. You would essentially have to trick Lennart into replacing the tag to a different commit,
and sign the tag. Creating a vulnerable but verified source for the PKGBUILD. At this point i think we have bigger
problems then whatever the PKGBUILD is doing...

-- 
Morten Linderud

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