Bug#693360: segfault in xscreensaver, screen revealed
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 07:48:42AM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> ftpmasters, release team: the security team is requesting the removal of
> the pam-rsa package because we were made aware of the above (#693087)
> bug: in some situations, pam_rsa module will cause a segfault in
> xscreensaver, leaving the screen unlocked.
>
> Package seeems to be mostly abandonned upstream (last release in 2007,
> called a “beta release” and no answer from the bug address on the
> upstream webpage) and, although the Debian maintainer seems around,
> there were only NMUs since 2007.
For the record, I know the upstream author and have confirmed that he
considers pam-rsa abandonware.
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Niko Tyni ntyni@debian.org
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