Your message dated Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:44:28 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#761847: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #742111, regarding mp3gain: ancient and probably insecure embedded code copy: mpglib to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: mp3gain Version: 1.5.1-4 Severity: serious Tags: security ["serious" severity because having looked through its implementation, in my opinion this software should not be in Debian 8.] mp3gain contains a modified copy of mpglib, an MP3 decoding library originating from src:mpg123 and also found in a forked or modified form in various other packages. It is unclear how old our particular copy is; it says "version 0.2a" but the version in mpg123 appears to have been stuck at version 0.2 for at least a decade. mpglib has had various security vulnerabilities in the past, and mp3gain appears to have inherited them. I've just done an upload fixing the ones for which I could find patches in mpg123, but I am not at all confident that I found everything. I intend to switch to python-rgain (which uses GStreamer, and produces compatible ID3 tags) and avoid using mp3gain myself in future. If mp3gain exists in Debian, it should decode MP3s using a shared library of some sort - perhaps libmpg123, GStreamer or libavcodec - that is maintained by people who know the relevant codebase. S
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 1.5.2-r2-6+rm Dear submitter, as the package mp3gain has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/761847 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Scott Kitterman (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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