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sudo-rs Affected By Multiple Security Vulnerabilities - Impacting Ubuntu 25.10 (www.phoronix.com)
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The Ubuntu 25.10 transition to using some Rust system utilities continues proving quite rocky. Beyond some early performance issues with Rust Coreutils, breakage for some executables, and broken unattended upgrades due to a Rust Coreutils bug, it's also sudo-rs now causing Ubuntu developers some headaches. There are two moderate security issues affecting sudo-rs, the Rust version of sudo being used by Ubuntu 25.10.

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

So glad I'm ditching Ubuntu. Sounds like it's none too soon.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    there's regular and then there's LTS releases for a reason

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The latest LTS release has really old software. The problem here is that the Ubuntu heads are pushing for replacement of core system utilities that aren't ready for prime time. These Rust components need at least another year to cook. This is just the latest bad decision from Ubuntu leadership. See SNAP.

    If you want stability, just get Debian. If you need newer software, get an Arch-based distro.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    i do use arch

    is April 2024 software that old?

    replacement of core system utilities that aren't ready for prime time

    Could we talk about Unity? I'd wager that these bugs wouldn't have been found by 2027 if Ubuntu hadn't adopted sudo-rs. And I'd say "look at where Unity is right now" if they hadn't switched to GNOME Shell.

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