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bug#70511: Option to grep into compressed files
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jackson |
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bug#70511: Option to grep into compressed files |
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Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:46:01 -0500 |
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Paul Eggert wrote:
> I have some qualms though, as the new option would increase the attack
> surface for 'grep',
Agreed.
Given the recent uproar involving liblzma being linked into ssh in systemd
builds, resulting in a potentially very dangerous ssh compromise ...
... I would think that minimizing the attack surface on common commands
by not linking in non-essential compression libraries would be a no brainer.
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Paul Jackson
jackson@fastmail.fm
bug#70511: Option to grep into compressed files, David G. Pickett, 2024/04/23
bug#70511: Option to grep into compressed files, Antonio Diaz Diaz, 2024/04/26