https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/04/microsoft_windows_defender_rar_bug/
A remote-code execution vulnerability in Windows Defender – a flaw that can be exploited by malicious .rar files to run malware on PCs – has been traced back to an open-source archiving tool Microsoft adopted for its own use.
[...] Apparently, Microsoft forked that version of unrar and incorporated the component into its operating system's antivirus engine. That forked code was then modified so that all signed integer variables were converted to unsigned variables, causing knock-on problems with mathematical comparisons. This in turn left the software vulnerable to memory corruption errors, which can crash the antivirus package or allow malicious code to potentially execute.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DannyB on Monday April 09 2018, @08:18PM (8 children)
Serious corporations can add value. They can satisfy shareholders, PHBs, and keep selling new versions and fixes -- along with services.
And they don't have to badmouth FOSS or create FUD to do so.
Red Hat is one example.
There are also plenty of big companies that incorporate FOSS code into their products. If they manage to create a security hole in the process . . .
. . . then they don't have to blame FOSS for being insecure, nor do they need to create FUD.
A serious corporation that wants to have credibility can simply say they forked up.
solar power is really hot right now
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday April 09 2018, @08:34PM (2 children)
This is Micro-"Linux is an Unamerican cancer"-Soft we're talking about here.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 4, Informative) by DannyB on Monday April 09 2018, @08:53PM (1 child)
It was Ballmer (developers, Developers, DEVELOPERS!!!, I Love This Monopoly!!!) who said that Linux was a Cancer.
It was Jim Allchin (who was #4 at Microsoft, at that time, long before Vista) who said effectively that Open Source is un-American and we need to educate the legislators to the danger.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 4, Informative) by boltronics on Tuesday April 10 2018, @11:13AM
The Halloween Documents exposed Microsoft's FUD tactics back in '98. That's long before XP. Long before Windows ME. That's even before Windows 98 SE was a thing.
http://catb.org/esr/halloween/ [catb.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents [wikipedia.org]
It's GNU/Linux dammit!
(Score: 2) by Bot on Monday April 09 2018, @10:19PM (4 children)
> Red Hat is one example.
Red Hat engineers, adding value after value, PC fans at full speed
too much matter always collapses on itself
welcome, systemd
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(Score: 4, Touché) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday April 09 2018, @10:39PM (2 children)
Your words not strict form
Overflow memory blow
You let bad code in
This sig for rent.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday April 10 2018, @12:06PM (1 child)
You are just jealous:
unlike your haiku, mine brings
tears to the eye
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(Score: 3, Informative) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday April 11 2018, @05:59PM
My head, shamed, contrite.
Even bad smelling roses
don't promote systemd
This sig for rent.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Tuesday April 10 2018, @01:09PM
Only when the matter is made of four fundamental particles.
Electrons
Protons
Neutrons
Croutons
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.