[ubuntu-hardened] CVE-2016-0741

[William Brawner]

This take-home test sounds like fun. Is there a link to it somewhere for public access?

On January 26, 2023 1:54:39 PM MST, Seth Arnold <seth.arnold at canonical.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 06:14:18AM +0000, Grant Knoetze wrote:
>> I wonder if you could help me with something? I am researching
>> CVE-2016-0741 and I am looking for the commit(s) to fix it, if any.
>> 
>> There is so much on GitHub, and I am searching, I am following Ubuntu
>> security, and any guidance would be helpful.
>
>Hello Grant, I think revealing too much here would rather spoil the
>intention of our take home test. :) So instead I'll leave a few pointers
>that are hopefully helpful without giving up the game:
>
>- A successful candidate will have some familiarity with git and be
>  comfortable with using git repositories as research tools.
>
>- A successful candidate will take a step back when blocked on a problem
>  and look for other perspectives or angles on a solution. There's a lot
>  of resources for researching security problems and some are easier to
>  use than others.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Thanks
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