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Re: Release-critical Bugreport for November 26, 1999



Christian Kurz <shorty@debian.org> wrote:
>
>> Package: kernel-image-2.2.13 (main)
>> Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
>>   49723  kernel: devpts module not installed by default
>> [FIXED] Fixed package kernel-image-2.2.13-i386 is in Incoming

> Herbert, has the new bug-fixing upload yet been done?

Well, as the tag says, it's in Incoming.

>> Package: libc6 (main)
>> Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
>>   21810  libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL

> Need some more examination to find a solution, that doesn't open a
> security hole.

AFAIK, there aren't any security implications here if the strategy is to
copy the libc5 behaviour (my preference).
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