Re: CVE-2021-4034: why is pkexec still a thing?

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Adam Williamson <adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> ...and yet despite being so easy to review it somehow had a major
> security vulnerability ever since it was written.

This is not a good metric.  easy to review != was sufficiently reviewed,
and getting sufficient code review might be the hardest problem in
software engineering.

Additionally, if a project has never had an issue, it's just as likely
that no one has ever really looked at it than that it's "safer".

Be well,
--Robbie

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