Comment 5 for bug 1223321
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| markling (markling) wrote Re: Software updater says there are 7 updates when there are only 2 | #5 |
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Righto, Seth. Thanks. Apologies for the alarm.
I see how the distinction between whether it *is* a secuirty vulnerability or *might be* one may be important from your point of view. The distinction in less marked for a user in no position to be able to discern the difference, or indeed tell if one that *might be* actually *is*.
Look at it like this: if a user came to you and said, my update notifier says there are 14 updates and yet the Updater says there are 9 - can I go ahead and use the updater without fear than an attacker might find an avenue in this difference to slip in some malicious software? Would you be in a position to say, 'Go ahead: everything's fine'?