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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 2337-1] xen security update



Hello all,

Le 06/11/2011 09:21, Thijs Kinkhorst a écrit :
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Debian Security Advisory DSA-2337-1                   security@debian.org
> ...
> Package        : xen
> Vulnerability  : several vulnerabilities
> ...
> We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.

Since the upgrade will not be sufficient to get rid of this kind of
security issue, i think the recommendation in the DSA should include the
reboot part of the correction.

By the way, could it be better if the xen package, when upgraded, uses
the same policy as the linux kernel and says the machine needs to be
rebooted (using /var/lib/reboot-required) ? This would prevent users to
upgrade and forget about the reboot, thinking they are protected from
the issue.


Regards


-- 
Davy Gigan
Administrateur Systèmes et Réseaux
Laboratoire GREYC / Département Informatique
Université de Caen Basse-Normandie

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