When i had filled it i was not aware that 2.5.9 was in debian sid at the time. I also was not sure if reportbug was actually working.
2009/8/23 Debian Bug Tracking System <ow...@bugs.debian.org>: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the pidgin package: > > #543170: pidgin prior to 2.5.9 HAS SECURITY ISSUE CVE-2009-2694 > > It has been closed by Nico Golde <n...@debian.org>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Nico Golde > <n...@debian.org> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 543170: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=543170 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nico Golde <n...@debian.org> > To: "david b." <db.pub.m...@gmail.com>, 543170-d...@bugs.debian.org > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:52:56 +0200 > Subject: Re: Bug#543170: pidgin prior to 2.5.9 HAS SECURITY ISSUE > CVE-2009-2694 > Version: 2.5.9-1 > > Hi, > * david b. <db.pub.m...@gmail.com> [2009-08-23 03:24]: >> Package: pidgin >> Version: pidgin prior to 2.5.9 HAS SECURITY ISSUE CVE-2009-2694 >> Severity: critical >> Tags: security >> Justification: root security hole >> >> pidgin prior to 2.5.9 HAS SECURITY ISSUE CVE-2009-2694 >> http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=34 > > So what is this bug report for? > > Cheers > Nico > -- > Nico Golde - http://www.ngolde.de - n...@jabber.ccc.de - GPG: 0xA0A0AAAA > For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "david b." <db.pub.m...@gmail.com> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:19:02 +1000 > Subject: pidgin prior to 2.5.9 HAS SECURITY ISSUE CVE-2009-2694 > Package: pidgin > Version: pidgin prior to 2.5.9 HAS SECURITY ISSUE CVE-2009-2694 > Severity: critical > Tags: security > Justification: root security hole > > pidgin prior to 2.5.9 HAS SECURITY ISSUE CVE-2009-2694 > http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=34 > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 5.0.2 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.30 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org