Bug#737239: pu: package localepurge/0.6.3+deb7u1

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2014-01-31 19:28, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + confirmed
> 
> On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 19:01 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> I would like to fix #736359 / CVE-2014-1638 in Wheezy and Squeeze[0].
>> According to the security tracker, the security team has classified
>> the bug as "minor" and declared it does not need a DSA[1].
>>
>> The problem is that localepurge would create tmp files in an unsafe
>> way.  This allows a local user to have root destroy arbitrary files on the
>> system (via a race-condition) during upgrades and purge of localepurge.
> 
> Please go ahead; thanks. (Bearing in mind the impending window close for
> 7.4 this weekend.)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adam
> 
> 

Thank you, I have dput'ed the package to FTP.

~Niels