On 29 September 2011 20:41, Erwan Velu <[email protected]> wrote: > The point is syslinux is a bootloader that obviously don't share libs with > the rest of the system. > Considering that we can attack the bootloader via a picture means you > compromized the picture. If you can change the picture located at /boot, > means that you can compromize the booting parameters too. > > So if we take this road of removing bootloader's libs, shall we also remove > the jpeg/gz/gcc/... libs too, and maybe for other bootloaders too ? > > I do understand the need for the application that runs under linux... but > about the bootloaders... > > What's your thoughts about it ?
Indeed you got a point... > Would you agree on keep syslinux untouched regarding the png lib ? I would revert my vote and go that way.
