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Bug#562096: pu: package openttd/0.6.2-1+lenny1



Hi,

On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 17:32 +0100, Matthijs Kooijman wrote:
> The openttd package contains a remote crash vulnerability that is easily
> exploited. Upstream will fix the bug in its upcoming release. Since that
> will be released in a few days, I will not provide complete details on
> the exploit, just the patch.
> 
> Since openttd is in contrib, this fix is not going through the
> stable-security repository.
> 
> The debdiff is below, most of the diff is putting the dpatch stuff
> (back) into place. Only the last chunk is the actual bugfix.

The fix itself is fine.  However, introducing new dependencies or patch
systems is not an appropriate change to make in a stable update.

If you were to upload an update which included the bugfix without the
packaging changes then I'd be happy to accept that.

Regards,

Adam



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