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[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 41 points 7 months ago

That's what libraries are for. I'm no security expert and the sensible thing to do is using a library instead of taking a class.

[-] bort@sopuli.xyz 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I’m no security expert and the sensible thing to do is using a library instead of taking a class.

Counterpoint: "not knowing your libraries" + "blind trust in the maintainer" will give you stuff like this: https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/561/cve-2022-1471-vulnerability-in

(the thread itself is worth a read. But also very impressive is the list of big players who fell for exactly this mentality)

[-] gears@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

Jesus that was one hell of a thread

[-] anguo@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

I dont want to see the words "low quality tooling" ever again.

[-] unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago

Love the part where he claims that if your users are authenticated, it's not untrusted input. I mean, surely you trust all of your users to run any code on your server, right?

[-] Gabu@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Impressive and unsurprising. As soon as you start getting complex libraries with multiple dependencies it becomes nearly impossible to review everything. At one time I had an interest in contributing to some AI libraries, but they're a mess as soon as you go looking for points of improvement.

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