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Widely deployed open source software is commonly believed to contain fewer security vulnerabilities than similar closed source software due to the possibility of unrestricted third party source code auditing. Predictably, most users of open source software do not invest a significant amount of time to audit the applications they use and now a class of 25 students has discovered 44 vulnerabilities during a CS course.

Widely deployed open source software is commonly believed to contain fewer security vulnerabilities than similar closed source software due to the possibility of unrestricted third party source code auditing. Predictably, most users of open source software do not invest a significant amount of time to audit the applications they use and now a class of 25 students has discovered 44 vulnerabilities during a CS course.