Improper Preservation of Permissions

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Preservation of Permissions in the scp when the legacy protocol option -O is used by a root user without preserving original file permissions -p. An attacker can gain elevated privileges by supplying a malicious file that, when...

The Reciprocal Value of Access to Maintainers

Last May I left Google to build a more sustainable model for Open Source maintenance. After a summer break, I resumed my maintenance work on the Go project in September, and I started offering my services to companies that rely on Go. My vision is that of Open Source maintenance as a real...