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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The vulnerability in question would've still happened if written in rust, it was not a memory leak.
More an instance of feature creep, as the solution was to remove the functionality.

[–] Comexs@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Would something like 'doas' have the same issue?

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

I don't believe so and it has been suggested as an alternative.