[GTALUG] Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for Google/Android.

Tue Dec 12 08:48:33 EST 2017

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Jamon Camisso via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> On 2017-12-10 06:28 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
> > So I know precious little about programming languages. I looked up 'Rust
> > programming language'.
> >
> > Wikipedia (which can often be useful if not always totally accurate)
> > listed it as:
> >
> >  " . . . a systems programming language sponsored by Mozilla Research,
> > which describes it as a "safe, concurrent, practical language,"
> > supporting functional and imperative-procedural paradigms. Rust is
> > syntactically similar to C++, but its designers intend it to provide
> > better memory safety while maintaining performance."
> >
> > OK - - - sponsored by Mozilla (AIUI that sort means that its their baby)
> > and its to '. . . provide better memory safety . . ." .
> > Well given how Mozilla products work for me - - - they don't really know
> > anything about how to use memory. The only way I can keep using FF is to
> > kill it every couple three days and then restart it. Somehow that isn't
> > my idea of memory usage done well so if that's Rust - - - well then
> > that's a total non-starter for me!
>
> I think you'll be surprised at how well the latest Firefox 57 performs.
> It's their first release featuring core browser components written in Rust.
>
> Fast and stable for me. Give it a try and see if your characterization
> above still holds.
>
>
A little tidbit for you as you continue your praise of the 'new' ff! (Yes I
understand
that chromium isn't ff but they both suffer under the same kind of
programming
- - - at least IMO!).

Michael Gilbert <mgilbert at debian.org>
5:03 AM (2 hours ago)
to debian-securit.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4064-1                   security at debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                          Michael Gilbert
December 12, 2017                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : chromium-browser
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-15407 CVE-2017-15408 CVE-2017-15409 CVE-2017-15410
                 CVE-2017-15411 CVE-2017-15413 CVE-2017-15415 CVE-2017-15416
                 CVE-2017-15417 CVE-2017-15418 CVE-2017-15419 CVE-2017-15420
                 CVE-2017-15423 CVE-2017-15424 CVE-2017-15425 CVE-2017-15426
                 CVE-2017-15427

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.

CVE-2017-15407

    Ned Williamson discovered an out-of-bounds write issue.

CVE-2017-15408

    Ke Liu discovered a heap overflow issue in the pdfium library.

CVE-2017-15409

    An out-of-bounds write issue was discovered in the skia library.

CVE-2017-15410

    Luat Nguyen discovered a use-after-free issue in the pdfium library.

CVE-2017-15411

    Luat Nguyen discovered a use-after-free issue in the pdfium library.

CVE-2017-15413

    Gaurav Dewan discovered a type confusion issue.

CVE-2017-15415

    Viktor Brange discovered an information disclosure issue.

CVE-2017-15416

    Ned Williamson discovered an out-of-bounds read issue.

CVE-2017-15417

    Max May discovered an information disclosure issue in the skia
    library.

CVE-2017-15418

    Kushal Arvind Shah discovered an uninitialized value in the skia
    library.

CVE-2017-15419

    Jun Kokatsu discoved an information disclosure issue.

CVE-2017-15420

    WenXu Wu discovered a URL spoofing issue.

CVE-2017-15423

    Greg Hudson discovered an issue in the boringssl library.

CVE-2017-15424

    Khalil Zhani discovered a URL spoofing issue.

CVE-2017-15425

    xisigr discovered a URL spoofing issue.

CVE-2017-15426

    WenXu Wu discovered a URL spoofing issue.

CVE-2017-15427

    Junaid Farhan discovered an issue with the omnibox.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 63.0.3239.84-1~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your chromium-browser packages.

For the detailed security status of chromium-browser please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/chromium-browser

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce at lists.debian.org
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