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2008 Jul 21
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How to get additional packages? How secure is Yum?
...t of date*! So there should either be an update or the package maybe should be removed at all as it is a security hole! Is there a repository available which only has that much packages as the maintainer is able to keep secure? - My second question is about: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/justin/packagemanagersecurity/attacks-on-package-managers.html Yum also seems to affected, so a malicious mirror would be able to downgrade a package on a server where it's suggested to be *upgraded* to a patched version. When will Yum be fixed and what is the suggested way to get Yum more secure? Thanks in advance fo...