Re: py-asterisk REMOVED from testing

[Julien BLACHE <jblache@debian.org>]

Debian testing watch <noreply@henning.makholm.net> wrote:

Hi,

Could someone explain why py-asterisk and libasterisk-agi-perl got
pulled from testing due to security concerns in *asterisk* itself ?

>   Previous version: 0.1a3+r160-3
>   Current version:  (not in testing)
>   Hint: <http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/hints/luk>
>     # 20071013
>     # Severe security concerns by Testing Security Team
>     Bug #434886: Remote compromise [CVE-2007-3762] [CVE-2007-3763] [CVE-2007-3764] [CVE-2007-3765]

Both packages are libraries, for python and perl, to connect to the
asterisk manager, which can be local or remote. So there's no
dependency on asterisk itself whatsoever.

Please put those two packages back into testing.

Thanks,

JB.

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