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Bug#272493: libxpm4 security problem



On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 08:44:10AM +0200, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote:
> Branden Robinson wrote:
> > (In the future, please don't file bugs against unsupported or unreleased
> > versions of Debian packages.  I have no idea what libxpm4
> > "4.3.0-0pre1v5.49.200406160839" is.  Whoever shipped that package is the
> > proper recipient of your bug report.)
> 
> It's an internal versioning scheme, sorry for the confusion. I checked
> it against sid, although it has been sent off a machine running the
> above version.

You can edit the reported version number, of course.

I'm just trying to reinforce a good habit -- I'm aware that pretty much
every version of libXpm ever released has this flaw.

However, many bugs reported against XFree86 don't have such universal
applicability, so I attempt to reinforce sound bug-reporting practices. :)

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |    It may be difficult to to determine
Debian GNU/Linux                   |    where religious beliefs end and
branden@debian.org                 |    mental illness begins.
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |    -- Elaine Cassel

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