Bug#954716: buster-pu: package suricata/1:4.1.2-2

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

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On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 15:46 +0100, Sascha Steinbiss wrote:
> I would like to propose an update for the version of suricata in
> buster (4.1.2-2). It addresses a problem with dropping privileges
> when started wn a particular runmode, which would otherwise fail in
> this version.
> Upstream has merged this patch already [1] and it has been included
> in the current version in unstable (5.0.2) [2] which the original
> patch author backported to 4.1.2 to allow fixing it in buster as
> well.
> 
> The correponding bug in Debian is #951181 [3] -- it has the required
> severity of important and describes the issue in more detail.

The metadata for that bug suggests that it still affects unstable,
which is contrary to your earlier comment above. Please could you
confirm the status of the issue in unstable, and add relevant fixed
versions to the bug if appropriate.

Regards,

Adam