Re: Security notification script
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 01:20:49PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:19:10PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > See for example: http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-159
> >
> > "... For the unstable distribution (sid) this has been fixed in version
> > 1.5.2-24 of Python 1.5, in version 2.1.3-6a of Python 2.1 and in version
> > 2.2.1-8 of Python 2.2. Python 2.3 is not affected by this problem..."
>
> That sort of information is provided as a convenience if the unstable
> package is available. It should not be relied upon.
What do you mean with "should not be relied upon"? Do you mean that
this can be false information (i.e. it has not been fixed) or that
the unstable distribution can have lot of other security vunerabilities=
Regards,
// Ola
>
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> Mike Stone
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