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sudo-rs Affected By Multiple Security Vulnerabilities - Impacting Ubuntu 25.10 (www.phoronix.com)
submitted 13 hours ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev
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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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[–] pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

ubuntu 24 LTS here and never had an issue. As someone who came from windows and played around with fedora for a while its kinda really surprising.

[–] pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 hours ago (1 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.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, fair. And 25.10 is a short-term release anyway. The point of it is to get a running start on 26.04.