Source: libdebian-installer
Version: 0.108
Severity: serious
Tags: security
X-Debbugs-Cc: secur...@debian.org
User: debian-rele...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: bsp-2017-02-de-Berlin

Hi,

The 'etch' release (2007) added to the Release file, a field for SHA256
sums to authenticate Packages files.  But to date, libdebian-installer
does not parse it, so anna (which fetches .udeb installer component) and
cdebootstrap (which fetches .deb base system packages) can not yet
verify the SHA256 sums.

http://sources.debian.net/src/libdebian-installer/0.108/include/debian-installer/release.h/#L43
http://sources.debian.net/src/libdebian-installer/0.108/include/debian-installer/release.h/#L58
http://sources.debian.net/src/libdebian-installer/0.108/include/debian-installer/package.h/#L115

Further context and an overview of related bugs will be published at:
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallerDebacle

This bug is not itself RC, but it will be a blocking issue for RC bugs
I'm about to file.

I intend to submit a patch for this shortly.

Thanks,
Regards,
-- 
Steven Chamberlain
ste...@pyro.eu.org

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