Sudo-Rs Affected by Multiple Security Vulnerabilities – Impacting Ubuntu 25.10
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The sudo-rs implementation in Ubuntu 25.10 is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities, sparking debate about the replacement of C code with Rust.
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They are replacing perfectly functional software for unfinished buggy Rust versions just to replace C without any needs and this is hurting users.
Someone needs to stop this.
Why do Rust devs hate C so much?
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