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Security Vulnerability in the Updater #415

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Belphemur opened this issue Apr 3, 2020 · 2 comments
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Security Vulnerability in the Updater #415

Belphemur opened this issue Apr 3, 2020 · 2 comments
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Belphemur commented Apr 3, 2020

The way the check for signature and certificate in the updater is naive.

I've been pointed out it could (with difficulty) be used against the user.

Found by @JarLob

@Belphemur Belphemur added Bug Issues which are bug reports Confirmed Confirmed issues labels Apr 3, 2020
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@all-contributors please add @JarLob for security

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I've put up a pull request to add @JarLob! 🎉

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