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Re: Bug#668456: pu: package wicd/1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze1



Hi,
* Touko Korpela <touko.korpela@iki.fi> [2012-04-15 23:44]:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:31:48AM +0200, David Paleino wrote:
> > Package: release.debian.org
> > Severity: normal
> > User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> > Usertags: pu
> > 
> > I'm hereby requesting permission to upload a fix for wicd to p-u, bug #668397
> > (CCed), CVE-2012-2095. "git diff" attached.
> > 
> > The patch for stable is slightly different from the one just pushed in
> > unstable: namely, it needed an additional "has_profile", which was used in
> > pre-1.7.1 versions.
> 
> I think this should be handled via Debian Security Advisory procedure.
> It's a root compromise after all (local but still important imho).

Sorry to pass the ball on to -release but we decided to not issue a DSA for 
that. So please allow this upload into the archive. You are right that this is 
a root compromise, but given in what environments wicd is usually used, I 
think it is fair to assume that most users are already root anyway. This has 
very little priority for us currently.

Cheers
Nico
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