[ PRIVACY Forum ] Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping

[bicknell at ufp.org (Leo Bicknell)]

On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:07 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:

> Is this the *same* bug that just broke in Apple code last week?

No, the Apple bug was the existence of an /extra/ "goto fail;".

The GnuTLS bug was that it was /missing/ a "goto fail;".

I'm figuring the same developer worked on both, and just put the line in the wrong repository. :)




And yes, while this is a joke, Apple fixed their bug by removing a "goto fail;", and GnuTLS fixed theirs by adding a "goto fail;".  I can't make up something that funny.

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html
http://blog.existentialize.com/the-story-of-the-gnutls-bug.html

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