[ubuntu-hardened] CVE-2016-0741

[Grant Knoetze]

Hi there

Thanks so much for providing that context for me :) 

I will follow these pointers:

- 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.

This does help, thank you.

I am busy with a mountain of research for the take home test, and thought just to ask here might be helpful, since I am subscribed to Ubuntu Hardened and the security discussions and I am grateful for the reply.

This does help, thank you.

Kind regards,

Grant Knoetze | +27 81 456 9004 (South Africa) |

-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Arnold <seth.arnold at canonical.com> 
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2023 10:55 PM
To: Grant Knoetze <grantknoetze at outlook.com>
Cc: Ubuntu security discussion <ubuntu-hardened at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: CVE-2016-0741

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