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Re: tomcat9 in buster-backports vs. security



Am Dienstag, dem 10.08.2021 um 22:47 +0200 schrieb Thorsten Glaser:
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, Markus Koschany wrote:
> 
> > Currently I don't plan to update the bpo version of Tomcat 9 in Buster. If
> > you
> > prefer the latest updates then I'd suggest to focus on bullseye-backports
> > from
> 
> I think you misunderstood the intention of this request.
> 
> Packages in $version-backports have to be up-to-date wrt.
> their corresponding packages from $(version+1), except
> small, not very user-visible, etc. changes.
> 
> In the case of security updates, this is even more important.
> 
> The person who uploaded the first backport basically agreed
> to keep the tomcat9 backport up-to-date over the lifetime of
> buster-backports, that is, to approximately 14/15ᵗʰ August 2022(!).
> 
> > now on. I am not sure yet if the regression which I have fixed in
> > 9.0.43-3 requires another security update for bullseye or buster at
> > the moment, since an easy workaround is available and probably not
> > many users are affected. I will monitor the situation though.
> 
> Right.
> 
> However, if you’re not intending to update the buster backport,
> please file a removal request and inform the users (via the bpo
> mailing list) about this and the extant security issues in the
> version they have installed.

I have never uploaded tomcat9 to a debian-backports suite hence why I have only
replied to the debian-java list. Obviously you should wait for Emmanuel's
feedback before doing anything.

Regards,

Markus

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