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multimedia/sickgear removed due to several RCEs + upstream response



I should probably also write here: A few days ago, I deleted multimedia/sickgear from pkgsrc due to several remote code execution bugs, several things that have a strong smell like a backdoor (I can't say they are or they are not - it depends on what the author's webserver serves at which time etc.) and the upstream response to it: https://github.com/SickGear/SickGear/issues/1517

Since upstream actively tried to brush everything under the rug, edited my comments to misrepresent what I said etc. you might instead want to read what I let NixOS know as a courtesy:
https://github.com/SickGear/SickGear/issues/1517

tl;dr: Several files downloaded from the author's webserver with HTTPS verification disabled (so RCE for a MITM when using e.g. a public WiFi and always RCE for the author). Some heavily obfuscated files that have a smell etc.

pkgsrc had some of the worst parts disabled (I'm glad I patched those out), but the periodic downloading of alt.rar without HTTPS verification and then extracting it with an implementation with a symlink vuln is definitely affecting NetBSD.

If you had this installed, you probably want to reinstall your system.

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Jonathan


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