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Re: Bug#482476: marked as done (Security: Unsafe lock file creation can be used to truncate arbitrary files)



Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org> writes:

> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 02:27:55PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System <owner@bugs.debian.org> was heard to say:
>> Changes: 
>>  apt (0.7.14) unstable; urgency=low
>
>   [snip]
>
>>    [ Otavio Salvador ]
>>    * Apply patch to avoid truncating of arbitrary files. Thanks to Bryan
>>      Donlan <bdonlan@fushizen.net> for the patch. Closes: #482476
>
>   Should this be urgency=high?  (as per the devref section 5.8.5.3)

Daniel, would you mind to contact security-team and prepare an upload too?

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