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Re: DSA 438 - bad server time, bad kernel version or information delayed?



Otavio Salvador wrote:

> Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
> 
> > Jan Lühr wrote:
> >
> >> Does this mean, that a well known exploit was kept back for nearly three 
> >> weeks, just because some odd vendors were unable to build there kernels in 
> >> time?
> >
> > Yes, this is the norm.  Debian hides security bugs from its users for
> > extended periods of time.
> 
> Yes but this have a reason.

There are several justifications and explanations, yes.

> Before upload a fix this need be available in all supported archs

Fortunately, you are wrong.  Kernel security updates are no longer
synchronized among architectures.



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