Microsoft’s public attestation that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is an important, product‑scoped inventory signal — but it is not a categorical guarantee that no other Microsoft product contains the same vulnerable GnuTLS code...
The recently disclosed vulnerability CVE-2024-28834—a Minerva-style side‑channel weakness in the GnuTLS library—is a sharp reminder that cryptographic determinism and convenience features can become catastrophic when combined with observable execution differences, and Microsoft’s public...