Bug#923199: openssh-server has a false dependency on libpam-systemd
Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:7.9p1-6
Severity: serious
Tags: newcomer
Justification: Policy 7.2
openssh-server has a hard dependency on libpam-systemd. Violates "Depends: This declares an absolute dependcy...
The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is required for the depending package to provide a significant amount of functionality."
While this dependency makes sense if systemd is actually running, it makes no sense at all if it isn't running. In general with most libpam-* packages,
almost no hard dependency is appropriate as the entire authentication stack may be hijacked on-site with the original libpam libraries not even
being loaded.
Fix: change Depends: libpam-systemd to Recommends: libpam-systemd
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.70
ii dpkg 1.19.2
ii libaudit1 1:2.8.4-2
ii libc6 2.28-7
ii libcom-err2 1.44.5-1
ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-1
ii libkrb5-3 1.17-1
ii libpam-modules 1.3.1-5
ii libpam-runtime 1.3.1-5
ii libpam0g 1.3.1-5
ii libselinux1 2.8-1+b1
ii libssl1.1 1.1.1a-1
ii libsystemd0 240-6
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-27
ii lsb-base 10.2018112800
ii openssh-client 1:7.9p1-6
ii openssh-sftp-server 1:7.9p1-6
ii procps 2:3.3.15-2
ii ucf 3.0038+nmu1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
Versions of packages openssh-server recommends:
ii libpam-systemd-apt-holepunch [libpam-systemd] 1
ii ncurses-term 6.1+20181013-2
ii xauth 1:1.0.10-1
Versions of packages openssh-server suggests:
ii ksshaskpass [ssh-askpass] 4:5.14.5-1
pn molly-guard <none>
pn monkeysphere <none>
pn rssh <none>
pn ufw <none>
-- debconf information excluded
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