On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 06:28:51PM +0200, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote: > I don't know mythtv, but if it's just a digital video recorder, there's > no significant risk ever needing security updates. A local, forked copy > is problematic for a video player since someone may open a malformed video > file, but malformed DVB streams are a different ballpark. Please contact > us at t...@security.debian.org so that we sort that out.
A stream from a TV tuner should be considered just as suspect as one from a shady video download website. see e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Broadcast_Broadband_TV#Security_Concerns for just one problem that arises when you assume that an adversary is willing to aim a low-power broadcast at your antenna. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140811164606.ga28...@unpythonic.net
