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Re:World of Warcraft: one simple line of code can cost you d... by tomc1985 on Monday July 25, 2016 @04:17PM (#12161302)
No, a better fix is to remove the ability to re-bind ALL functions, or at least system calls. How is function-hotswapping-bullshit permissible in an untrusted environment?
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Re:World of Warcraft: one simple line of code can cost you d... by cheald on Monday July 25, 2016 @04:44PM (#12161491)
There isn't really a good way to prevent reassignment of first-class functions to new names in Lua.
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Re:World of Warcraft: one simple line of code can cost you d... by tomc1985 on Monday July 25, 2016 @05:15PM (#12161662)
So it seems.
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Re:World of Warcraft: one simple line of code can cost you d... by nitrogen on Monday July 25, 2016 @04:27PM (#12161377)
That's how Lua works. It would be prudent, but difficult to change.
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