Package: openssh-server Version: 1:7.9p1-6 Severity: serious Tags: newcomer Justification: Policy 7.2
openssh-server has a hard dependency on libpam-systemd. Violates "Depends: This declares an absolute dependcy... The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is required for the depending package to provide a significant amount of functionality." While this dependency makes sense if systemd is actually running, it makes no sense at all if it isn't running. In general with most libpam-* packages, almost no hard dependency is appropriate as the entire authentication stack may be hijacked on-site with the original libpam libraries not even being loaded. Fix: change Depends: libpam-systemd to Recommends: libpam-systemd -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages openssh-server depends on: ii adduser 3.118 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.70 ii dpkg 1.19.2 ii libaudit1 1:2.8.4-2 ii libc6 2.28-7 ii libcom-err2 1.44.5-1 ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-1 ii libkrb5-3 1.17-1 ii libpam-modules 1.3.1-5 ii libpam-runtime 1.3.1-5 ii libpam0g 1.3.1-5 ii libselinux1 2.8-1+b1 ii libssl1.1 1.1.1a-1 ii libsystemd0 240-6 ii libwrap0 7.6.q-27 ii lsb-base 10.2018112800 ii openssh-client 1:7.9p1-6 ii openssh-sftp-server 1:7.9p1-6 ii procps 2:3.3.15-2 ii ucf 3.0038+nmu1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1 Versions of packages openssh-server recommends: ii libpam-systemd-apt-holepunch [libpam-systemd] 1 ii ncurses-term 6.1+20181013-2 ii xauth 1:1.0.10-1 Versions of packages openssh-server suggests: ii ksshaskpass [ssh-askpass] 4:5.14.5-1 pn molly-guard <none> pn monkeysphere <none> pn rssh <none> pn ufw <none> -- debconf information excluded
