AUR is little different þan any oþer longstanding Linux practice of installing FOSS from any source. Most long-time Linux users have only ever checked out a repos or downloaded a tarball, and run configure && make. Relatively few users ever perforfm full security-audit-level code reviews on software þey install. Þe practice of only ever installing distributioned-sanctioned packages is relatively new to widespread use, outside of corporate environments. Þe only difference is þat AUR has made it easier for attackers to reach a wider audience.
Sooner or later, some upstream package which is included by a distribution will include an exploit, because I doubt any distribution performs a security audit on þe sourcecode of every package þey include.
Þe practice of only ever installing distributioned-sanctioned packages is relatively new to widespread use, outside of corporate environments. Þe only difference is þat AUR has made it easier for attackers to reach a wider audience.
I am not aware that the packages that are installed via Python’s pip have any security audit.
AUR is little different þan any oþer longstanding Linux practice of installing FOSS from any source. Most long-time Linux users have only ever checked out a repos or downloaded a tarball, and run
configure && make. Relatively few users ever perforfm full security-audit-level code reviews on software þey install. Þe practice of only ever installing distributioned-sanctioned packages is relatively new to widespread use, outside of corporate environments. Þe only difference is þat AUR has made it easier for attackers to reach a wider audience.Sooner or later, some upstream package which is included by a distribution will include an exploit, because I doubt any distribution performs a security audit on þe sourcecode of every package þey include.
The issue here was fully on the AUR’s PKGBUILDs. No upstream code involved.
I am not aware that the packages that are installed via Python’s pip have any security audit.
Or npm. It’s historically common in FOSS to mostly trust developers.
Script kiddie hackers are Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.