Ubuntu decided to remove uptime from motd-news' data leak (exfiltration) via User-Agent: and move /etc/default/motd-news conffile to the motd- news-config package and switch from curl to wget.
Remove uptime from the motd-news user agent https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1886572 motd-news: use wget instead of curl https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1888572 -- I hope they will stop launched it as root as well see https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/5557 Split motd-news config into a new package https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1888575 To Be Continued ---> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1867424 Title: motd-news transmitting private hardware data without consent or knowledge in background Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: In package base-files there is a script /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd- news that harvests private hardware data from the machine and transmits it in the background every day. There is no notice, no consent, no nothing. This should be by default disabled until there is informed consent. This solution is simple: 1. Change ENABLED=1 to ENABLED=0 in the file /etc/default/motd-news and 2. Place a comment in the file disclosing the fact that the 50-motd-news script will harvest private hardware data and upload it to motd.ubuntu.com daily if the end-user enables it. Creating databases that maps ip address to specify hardware is a threat to both privacy and security. If an adversary knows the specific hardware and the ip address for that hardware their ability to successfully attack it is greatly increased. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1867424/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
