Bug#57746: Security: Directories are kept a+w

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

Scott A Crosby <crosby@qwes.math.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Package: tetex-base
> Version: 1.0-7
>
>
> This package installs several of its directories a+w, which is a security
> issue:
>
> drwxrwxrwt    4 root     root         1024 Jan 27 13:13
> /var/spool/texmf/pk

Obviously this bug has been forgotten to close. See the changelog:

tetex-base (1.0.2+20021025-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Removed obsolete /var/spool/texmf and added /var/cache/fonts (debian/dirs)
    [kohda]

The critized directories are no longer created.

Bye, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie