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Bug#989025: unblock: micro-evtd/3.4-7



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Hi kibi,

On 24-05-2021 00:42, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> Please unblock package micro-evtd
> 
> [ Reason ]
> 
> Fix micro-evtd creating its pid and status files in /var/run with
> world-writable permissions (#988119).
> 
> [ Impact ]
> 
> - The pid and status files in /var/run are mode 666, which could be a
>  potential security issue.
> - micro-evtd does not stop when asked to with "/etc/init.d/micro-evtd
>  stop", because start-stop-daemon refuses to use the insecure pid file.
> - Because of that, the daemon also does not restart on upgrade as it
>  should, instead the old version remains running.
> 
> [ Tests ]
> 
> There are no automated tests. I manually tested the install and upgrade
> cases (testing→unstable).
> 
> [ Risks ]
> 
> The change should be trivial, but it is possible (if unlikely) that I
> missed some case where the umask 000 was actually needed.
> 
> [ Checklist ]
>  [✓] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
>  [✓] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
>  [✓] attach debdiff against the package in testing
> 
> [ Other info ]
> 
> The package builds a udeb. I tested an installation using a d-i daily
> build with the updated package included, and confirmed the corrected
> file permissions in the d-i environment.

Your opinion too please.

Paul

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